Gregory v. Pike
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. These were four separate appeals from a decree of the circuit court in the suit of Charles A. Gregory against Frederic A. Pike and others. The cause was originally brought in the supreme judicial court o£ Massachusetts, December 10, 1881, and was afterwards removed to the circuit court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. These were four separate appeals from a decree of the circuit court in the suit of Charles A. Gregory against Frederic A. Pike and others. The cause was originally brought in the supreme judicial court o£ Massachusetts, December 10, 1881, and was afterwards removed to the circuit court. The original bill sought to recover possession of certain notes which had been pledged as collateral, and to enjoin the payment thereof to the pledgee. Pending the suit the notes were collected by an action at law, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
These four cases are appeals from the decree of the circuit court in a bill in equity originally brought in the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts and removed to the circuit court. The bill was brought by Gregory against Frederic A. Pike, the testator of the present respondent, Mary H. Pike, and against William C. N. Swift, to recover two certain nonnegotiable promissory notes, made by Swift, and held by Mr. Pike, and alleged by Gregory to be his own property. On the petition of Swift and John C. Kemp Van Ee, who claimed to be interested in the notes, Kemp Van Ee…
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