International Paper Co. v. Bellows Falls Canal Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the amended bill of complaint at the September Term, 1915, Windham County, Fish, Chancellor. Pro forma decree, overruling the demurrer and adjudging the amended bill sufficient, and for the plaintiffs in accordance with the prayer of the amended bill, with costs. Defendant appealed. The opinion states the case.
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Appeal in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the amended bill of complaint at the September Term, 1915, Windham County, Fish, Chancellor. Pro forma decree, overruling the demurrer and adjudging the amended bill sufficient, and for the plaintiffs in accordance with the prayer of the amended bill, with costs. Defendant appealed. The opinion states the case. The determination of the rights and obligations of the parties growing out of the contracts in question should be in the Vermont Courts. The court of chancery has jurisdiction to restrain the defendant from proceeding to litigate the question in…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
When this case was here before, the demurrer to the bill was sustained, the bill adjudged insufficient, and the cause remanded with mandate that the bill be dismissed unless *353further proceedings in the court of chancery be petitioned for and permitted conformably to section 1317 of the Public Statutes. 88 Vt. 93, 90 Atl. 943. On motion in the court of chancery, the plaintiffs were granted leave to amend their bill, and on July 19, 1915, the amended bill “in addition to and amendment of the” original bill, was filed. The defendant filed its answer and, as a part thereof, demurred to the amended…
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