Legal Opinion

Montgomery v. McDermott

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided February 7, 1900PublishedCited by 1 opinion

This was a suit in equity. On final hearing.

1Opinion of the Court

COXE, District Judge.

This controversy has been before the court on two prior occasions. First on demurrer (83 Fed. 576), and second, on plea. 87 Fed. 372. In the first instance the hill was sustained as being in aid of a suit at law in which an attachment had issued, hut in which no relief was possible because of the death of the defendant and the failure of his foreign executors to revive. In the second instance a plea of res judicata was allowed. A motion for a reargument was made and denied. That the decision sustaining the plea is controlling upon this court until reversed is axiomatic.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Leavitt v. . WolcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  3. Florida C. & P. R. Co. v. BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1898
  4. Montgomery v. McDermottU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1897

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bluefields S. S. Co. v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1917

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