Gregory v. Merchants' National Bank
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, against the Merchants’ National Bank of Boston and John G. Stetson, to obtain from the bank a sum of money received on deposit. The defendant bank demurred thereto, assigning various grounds therefor. A decree was entered sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the- bill; and the plaintiff appealed to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This is a bill in equity to obtain from the defendant bank a sum of money received on deposit, amounting to $18,820, which was the proceeds of a promissory note to which the plaintiff contends that he was entitled. The note was claimed by other parties. A suit at law upon it was pending in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, and a suit in equity was pending in the same court to determine the rights of the respective claimants of it. There was also a submission to arbitration in pais, by the parties to the suit in equity, of the questions arising in that suit, and an…
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