Van Bokkelen v. Cook
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
[This was a bill in equity by Deborah Van Bokkelen find others against Daniel Cook and C. Derby.] On demurrer to the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
HILLYER, District Judge.
This is a suit on the equity side of this court, in which the complainants, heirs of one Jacob L. Tan Bok-kelen, seek to compel the defendants to account for certain mining stock alleged to have been fraudulently disposed of by them. Both defendants are sued in their personal capacity, but the bill charges the fraudulent acts to have been done while the defendant Daniel Cook was administrator of the estate of said Jacob L. Van Bokkelen, the defendant Derby acting in concert and collusion with him.
The defendants demur to the bill on several grounds, which will be…
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