Odbert v. Marquet
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern West Virginia
In Equity. S. H. Odbert, Jr., and George T. Odbert, in August, 390G, filed their original bill in this court against William Marquet, and some months afterwards, by leave of court, they, with W. H. Warner and H. S. Odbert, Sr., joined as plaintiffs, filed an amended and supplemental bill in the cause against said William Marquet and the First National Bank of New Cumberland, in which bill the plaintiffs allege themselves to be citizens of Ohio, the defendant Marquet to bo a…
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In Equity. S. H. Odbert, Jr., and George T. Odbert, in August, 390G, filed their original bill in this court against William Marquet, and some months afterwards, by leave of court, they, with W. H. Warner and H. S. Odbert, Sr., joined as plaintiffs, filed an amended and supplemental bill in the cause against said William Marquet and the First National Bank of New Cumberland, in which bill the plaintiffs allege themselves to be citizens of Ohio, the defendant Marquet to bo a citizen of West Virginia resident in this district, and defendant bank to be a corporation under the national banking…
1Opinion of the CourtDayton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Very many difficult and perplexing questions have been raised in this case which have been very ably argued. The evidence is not clear, and upon every material point is conflicting. It has therefore been with great difficulty, and only after long consideration, that I have been able to determine its weight and effect. The plaintiffs charge that Marquet represented the title to the railroad to be good, or that he would make it good. On the other hand, Marquet insists that this railroad was taken in the sale after plaintiffs had had its title examined for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Southern Development Co. v. SilvaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Crislip v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
- Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Wamsley v. CurrenceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
- Horner-Gaylord Co. v. Miller & BennettDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1906
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- Odbert v. MarquetCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1909
- Browning v. BoswellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1914
- Ottawa Banking & Trust Co. v. KendallAppellate Court of Illinois · 1923