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Bigelow v. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co.

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided August 8, 1908PublishedCited by 50 opinions

On motion to dismiss bill of complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Pitney, Chancellor.

This is a motion, made under rule 213, to strike out and dismiss the bill of complaint upon grounds that may be summarized thus: (a) want of equity, (b) res adjudicóla, (c) laches.

The general object of the bill is to restrain the defendant, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, from prosecuting two actions in equity heretofore brought by it against the complainant, a resident and citizen of Massachusetts, in the supreme judicial court of that commonwealth, in which the complainant has answered and a hearing has been had upon the merits, resulting in certain findings of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Cole v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. The Erie Railway Company v. . RamseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  3. Central National Bank v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Town of Venice v. . WoodruffNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  5. Sandage v. Studabaker Bros. Manufacturing Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co. v. BigelowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  2. Commonwealth v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Sensient Colors Inc. v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2008
  4. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. McGinleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Girard Trust Co. v. SchmitzNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1941

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