Backus v. Brooks
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut
In Equity. Suit by Newton D. Backus, Henry N. Backus, and A. Backus, Jr., & Sons, a corporation, against George L. Brooks, Lewis C. Brooks, and the Sealshipt Oyster System. On demurrers to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, District Judge.
It would be a tremendous task to bunch in this memorandum the facts which seem to be well pleaded in the bill, and therefore admitted by the demurrer. It is an unusually verbose and complicated presentation of facts, and will speak for itself. No abstract which satisfies my mind would help the higher powers, and therefore I refrain from the attempt. At the time the bill was filed ati ex parte request was made for a preliminary injunction to prevent the alienation of stock in the Sealshipt Oyster System by either Brooks or the .System until final hearing. When the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jahn v. Champagne Lumber Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin · 1906
- Johnston v. Forsyth Mercantile Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1904