Fairchild v. Brown
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was a bill in chancery to obtain the possession of certain promissory notes and the securities attached to them. On the 20th of February, 1824, Guernsey I ates held and owned three promissory notes, dated April 8th, 1823, payable to himself, or order, made by Luther Freeman and Arza Freeman; one of which notes was for the sum of 300 dollars, and payable on the 1st of March, 1824, with interest; another for the same sum, payable on the 1st of September, 1824, with…
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This was a bill in chancery to obtain the possession of certain promissory notes and the securities attached to them. On the 20th of February, 1824, Guernsey I ates held and owned three promissory notes, dated April 8th, 1823, payable to himself, or order, made by Luther Freeman and Arza Freeman; one of which notes was for the sum of 300 dollars, and payable on the 1st of March, 1824, with interest; another for the same sum, payable on the 1st of September, 1824, with interest ; and the other was for 1,000 dollars, payable on the 1st of March, 1825, with interest. As security for the payment…
1Opinion of the Court
Huntington J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff seeks, by this bill, to obtain the possession of certain promissory notes, and the securities attached to them, now in the hands of the defendant, Brown, to which, lie alleges, he has an equitable title superior to that of the holder.
We are of opinion, that the case presented by the record, is not one which calls for the interference of the court, to protect any equitable rights of the plaintiff.
Although L. & A. Freeman are made parties to the bill, they seek no relief. They do not insist upon any equities, disclosed, by the facts…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Murray v. LylburnNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
- Rosa v. BrothersonNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- Bay v. CoddingtonNew York Court of Chancery · 1821
- Suydam v. JonesNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- Nevins v. TownsendSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1825
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- Simpson v. HallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879