Legal Opinion

Bradley v. Ballard

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1870PublishedCited by 83 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Lawrence

This was a bill in chancery, brought by Bradley against Ballard and others, for the purpose of enjoining the prosecution of a suit pending in the circuit court of Cook county, against a corporation called “The North Star Gold and Silver Mining Company,” in which complainant was a stockholder, upon certain promissory notes given by said company, and also to cancel certain other notes not yet in suit. The court sustained a demurrer to the bill, and, the complainant not asking to amend, a decree of dismissal was entered.

It appears by the averments in the bill that various persons associated…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Argenti v. City of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
  2. Bissell v. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad CompaniesNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  3. Parish v. . WheelerNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  4. De Groff v. . American Linen Thread CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  5. Cary v. Cleveland & Toledo Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by83 opinions

  1. Sioux City Terminal Railroad & Warehouse Co. v. Trust Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  2. City of East St. Louis v. East St. Louis Gas Light & Coke Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1881
  3. National Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Home Savings BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Hill v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  5. Higgins v. LansinghIllinois Supreme Court · 1895

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