Drexel v. Berney
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a bill in .equity filed by tbe appellants, some of whom are citizens of Pennsylvania and others of New York, against the appellee, who is an alien, a citizen of the Republic of France, and William Berney, a citizen of Texas, and Saffold Berney, Chollet Berney, Robert Berney, Pbillipa Rousseau, Sophia White, Ann M. Ball, PhiUipa E. Harley, Laurent B. Hallonquist, Robert L.…
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was a bill in .equity filed by tbe appellants, some of whom are citizens of Pennsylvania and others of New York, against the appellee, who is an alien, a citizen of the Republic of France, and William Berney, a citizen of Texas, and Saffold Berney, Chollet Berney, Robert Berney, Pbillipa Rousseau, Sophia White, Ann M. Ball, PhiUipa E. Harley, Laurent B. Hallonquist, Robert L. Hallonquist, and William C. Hallonquist, citizens of the state of Alabama. Of these defendants, none were served with process…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
It does_not as distinctly appear from the bill itself as from the statement, that the first' action at law, referred to, was brought and is pending in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of. New York. It may, however, perhaps be fairly inferred from the allegations of the bill that such is the fact, and as it has been so assumed in the argument of the cause, no question is made upon the sufficiency of the bill in that respect. The only ground here urged in support of the decree and of the demurrer to the bill is, that the complainants, upon the case made in the…
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