Ridings v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT .OF THE UNITED ^STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. In equity. Defendant demurred. The demurrer was sustained and the bill. dismissed. The complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbadley
This case comes before, us in a most unsatisfactory manner. It is an appeal from a- decree dismissing a bill in equity on demurrer ; and the record is grossly imperfect in omitting to set forth the documents referred to in the bill, and necessary to a fair understanding of the case ; there is no opinion of the court below showing the reasons of the decree, and no brief or appearance of counsel for the appellees to explain on what grounds the bill of complaint was faulty or insufficient. It is an imposition on the court thus to throw upon it the labor of finding out for itself the questions…
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