Gregory v. Stetson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. This was a suit iu equity brought in the Circuit Cqurt of the United States for the District of Massachusetts by Charles A.' Gregory, a citizen of Illinois, against William C. N. Swift and John G.- Stetson, citizens of Massachusetts, for the alleged violation by Stetson of the following contract of bailment as respects the $15,000 note theréin mentioned: “Boston, Deo. &£, 1886. . • “…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. This was a suit iu equity brought in the Circuit Cqurt of the United States for the District of Massachusetts by Charles A.' Gregory, a citizen of Illinois, against William C. N. Swift and John G.- Stetson, citizens of Massachusetts, for the alleged violation by Stetson of the following contract of bailment as respects the $15,000 note theréin mentioned: “Boston, Deo. &£, 1886. . • “ Received of Thomas H. Talbot, Esq., as attorney for. Mary EL Pike, executrix of Erederic A. Pike, and of Francis • A. Brooks,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The bill having been dismissed by agreement, as respects the defendant Swift, the only questions in the case for our consideration are those relating to the demurrer of the defendant Stetson. That demurrer rests on ten grounds, but the court below considered only one of them,.viz., the ninth one, which is as follows: “ This bill is defective for want of proper parties, in that it does not make'Mary H. Pike, executrix of Frederic A. Pike, Thomas H. Talbot and Francis A. Brooks; or either of: them, parties thereto.”
We are of opinion that the decree.of' the court below must stand. The rule as to…
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