Quinton v. Equitable Inv. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United! States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Suit in equity by Amelia S. Quinton, George H. Quinton, John G. Swanson, A. McClure, C. Carter, H. A. Smith, Joseph Jourdan, T. H. Sharpkss, J. G. Tigner, J. H. Woodward, Carl Anderson, W. A. Morrison, A. F. Hardy, S. R. Waller, A. W. Hook, W. R. Morrison, A. F. Thompson, George C. Woodward, W. D. Woodward, C. W. Woodward, M. A. Wolcott, I. A. Holman, and…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United! States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Suit in equity by Amelia S. Quinton, George H. Quinton, John G. Swanson, A. McClure, C. Carter, H. A. Smith, Joseph Jourdan, T. H. Sharpkss, J. G. Tigner, J. H. Woodward, Carl Anderson, W. A. Morrison, A. F. Hardy, S. R. Waller, A. W. Hook, W. R. Morrison, A. F. Thompson, George C. Woodward, W. D. Woodward, C. W. Woodward, M. A. Wolcott, I. A. Holman, and Isaac Hall against the Equitable Investment Company, R. H. Thompson, and Conrad Escher and Louis Rahn, copartners doing…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The appellants assert that there is equity in their bill to enjoin the prosecution of the actions at law, and that the case stands upon the doctrine that taxpayers have the right to invoke the intervention of a court of equity to prevent the illegal disposition of moneys of a county or a municipal corporation, as sustained in Crampton v. Zabriskie, 101 U. S. 601, 25 L. Ed. 1070, where it was held that, in the absence of legislation restricting the rig'ht to interfere in such cases, there was no substantial reason why a bill by or on behalf of individual…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hawes v. OaklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Crampton v. ZabriskieSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Corbus v. Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Taylor v. HolmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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