Dainese v. Cooke

These are appeals by Dainese in two cases from decrees of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in one' of which he was complainant, and his bill was dismissed. In the other lie was defendant, and a perpetual injunction was decreed against him. As the subject-matter of these suits is the same, they will be considered together in this court, and should have been consolidated and heard together in the court below, though two separate' decrees were rendered, and separate records are presented to us.

The appellant’s bill was filed first. He therein alleges, that having made a contract…