Legal Opinion

Alexander v. Fidelity Trust Co.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 1914No. 1147PublishedCited by 4 opinions

In Equity. Suit by John S. Alexander and others against the Fidelity Trust Company and others. On motion to dismiss.

1Opinion of the Court

DICKINSON, District Judge.

This is the second time the question now raised has been before us. The facts necessary to its decision are stated in the opinion already handed down. The record of the case was not then in such condition that a decree could be entered. The case has now been called for trial. As a preliminary, the defendants asked to have called up and disposed of the question raised by the answer which goes to the whole cause of action. This is in effect a motion to dismiss the bill. The basis of it is that the bill on its face shows a lack of equity in that gross laches in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Speidel v. HenriciSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Metropolitan Trust Co. of New York v. Columbus, S. & H. R. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1899

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Baxter v. National Mortgage Loan Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Young v. Southern Pac. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
  3. A. B. Archibald & Madeira Holding Co. v. CurrySupreme Court of Florida · 1939
  4. Union Sulphur Co. v. Freeport Texas Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1915

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