Stead v. Curtis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Suit in equity by Catherine D. Stead, Horace W. Philbrook, as administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of Joseph P. Wilson, deceased, Serena K. Wilson, Elizabeth A. Burgan, and Franklin S. Burgan, as her husband, Ellwood J. Wilson, Martha E. Dowell and George W. Dowell, as her husband, and Joseph P. Wilson, Jr., against Isabella M. Curtis and John M. Curtis, as her husband,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Suit in equity by Catherine D. Stead, Horace W. Philbrook, as administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of Joseph P. Wilson, deceased, Serena K. Wilson, Elizabeth A. Burgan, and Franklin S. Burgan, as her husband, Ellwood J. Wilson, Martha E. Dowell and George W. Dowell, as her husband, and Joseph P. Wilson, Jr., against Isabella M. Curtis and John M. Curtis, as her husband, Elizabeth M. Muir Mugan and William G. Mugan, as her husband, John M. Curtis, William G. Mugan, the Jacob Z. Davis…
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
The foregoing synopsis of the bill of complaint contains in a brief way all that is deemed material to the cause of suit. Many things are pleaded that seem to us to be wholly immaterial and irrelevant, not to speak of much that is scandalous and impertinent. But, waiving any objection to the bill on these grounds, we are to determine whether it states a cause of suit entitling the complainants to relief in equity in a federal court. Counsel for appellants have filed an exhaustive brief, consisting of 665 pages, in which every legal phase of the controversy, with a…
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