Laber v. Cooper
Supreme Court of the United States
. Error to the Circuit Court for the-Northern District of Illinois. Cooper sued Laber in the court below. His declaration contained ttyo counts upon a promissory note, made by Laber to a certain'railroad company, or its order, and indorse’d, as was alleged, to the plaintiff. It contained also the common Counts. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and three special pleas.
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. Error to the Circuit Court for the-Northern District of Illinois. Cooper sued Laber in the court below. His declaration contained ttyo counts upon a promissory note, made by Laber to a certain'railroad company, or its order, and indorse’d, as was alleged, to the plaintiff. It contained also the common Counts. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and three special pleas. The first averred that there was no consideration for the Hots’; and that it was obtained from the defendant by fraudulent misrepresentations; and that these facts were known to the plaintiff when he took it. • The…
1Opinion of the Court
■ MivJustice SWAYNE
delivered the opinion of the court... In this case the • bill of exceptions furnishes the same ground of complaint, which was remarked upon in Lincoln v. Claflin, * heretofore decided at this term. In the case before us, it fills an hundred and twenty-seven printed pages. The points arising for our consideration could have been better presented in a very small part, of this space. Such a mass of unnecessary matter has a tehdency to involve wha,t is really important in obscurity and'confusion. Its presence i is a. violation of the fourth rule of this court. Its examination…
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