McMullen v. Ritchie
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio
Creditors’ bill by J. B. McMullen and others against Samuel J. Ritchie and others. The complainants obtained a judgment on the law side of this court November, 1890, against the defendant Samuel J. Ritchie, for $265,370. Execution issued, and was returned nulla bona.
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Creditors’ bill by J. B. McMullen and others against Samuel J. Ritchie and others. The complainants obtained a judgment on the law side of this court November, 1890, against the defendant Samuel J. Ritchie, for $265,370. Execution issued, and was returned nulla bona. Upon this footing they have filed this bill, to reach the interest of their debtor in certain securities held by the other defendants, Payne, Burke, and Cornell, as' collateral security for the indebtedness of Ritchie to them severally. The relief sought is that the indebtedness of Ritchie to each of them be ascertained, and that…
1Opinion of the Court
LUIÍTON, Circuit Judge.
Memorandum for decree: I shall not undertake to make any statement of the case. The record is one of the most voluminous ever submitted to this court. The pleadings are numerous ani much complicated. Much bitterness of feeling exists between the parties, and counsel have suffered themselves to participate in some degree in the feeling and opinion of their clients. The record has been fully examined, and counsel heard both orally and by brief at unusual length. I do not deem it necessary to go into the facts any further than shall be found necessary in the statement of…
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