Legal Opinion
Gilmer v. Morris
United States Circuit Court
Decided November 15, 1886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. Heard upon the allowance of defendants’ plea.
1Opinion of the CourtBruce, J.
The bill was filed September 20, 1886, and sets out a pledge as collateral security, in the year 1871, of 120 shares of stock in the Elyton Land Company, by plaintiff, to Josiah Morris, to secure to him the repayment of the sum of $6,000, which sum Morris had advanced for the purchase money of said stock; that, in the year 1871, one-half of said stock was sold for the sum of $6,000, leaving a small amount of interest due to Morris, and that, in the year 1875, orator formed a partnership with one Donaldson; and desiring, as he charges in his bill, “to continue his bank account with said Josiah…
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