Wood v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The argument turned chiefly upon the point, whether Foster and Stohl, who held the deed, and Hooper and Campbell, who held the note, were real or nominal parties in the cause.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois.
Davis, a citizen resident of Illinois, filed a bill in the 14th judicial circuit of that State, in chancery, against the appellants,, citizens and residents of Pennsylvania, and four other persons who will be more particularly noticed-hereafter, setting out various dealings and business transactions between the complainant and the appellants," under the firm of Wood, Abbott, and Co., from the year 1843 down to .the year 1849.' That-in October of the latter year, the firm, claiming…
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