Crosby v. Ridout
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Heaeing on an appeal by tbe complainant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a bill in equity to establish a lien upon certain real estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellant, Louisa A. Crosby, by her amended bill in equity, filed January 16, 1906 (the original bill having been filed May 12, 1905), alleges that she employed John Bidout, attorney at law, to invest $1,500 for her.
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Heaeing on an appeal by tbe complainant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing a bill in equity to establish a lien upon certain real estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellant, Louisa A. Crosby, by her amended bill in equity, filed January 16, 1906 (the original bill having been filed May 12, 1905), alleges that she employed John Bidout, attorney at law, to invest $1,500 for her. On January 12, 1899, Mr. Bidout informed the appellant that he had loaned her money to Abbot E. Jones, and that it was secured by a deed of trust…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McComas
The only question before us is whether appellant’s bill states a case which entitles her to a decree ascertaining and establishing such equitable lien, or whether the adjudication of bankruptcy against Mr. Eidout excluded the court below from taking jurisdiction to decide the question raised by the bill. The learned court below dismissed the bill because, upon the case therein presented, the bankruptcy act (chapter 541, July 1, 1898) excluded the jurisdiction of the court below sitting in equity.
In the first place, we assume that the appellant’s bill' sufficiently avers that Mr. Ridout, with…
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