Norris v. Haggin
Supreme Court of the United States
appeal from the circuit court of the united states for THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. In equity. The defendants demurred to the bill and it was dismissed. The plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The plaintiff, Samuel Norris, who is appellant here, brought his suit in the Superior Court of the county of Sacramento, against James B. Ilaggin and Lloyd Tevis, by way of a bill in chancery. The bill gives a very lengthy account of what the plaintiff calls a “ fraud and imposition ” practised upon him by the defendants, who had been his agents and attorneys, and who, when he became so enfeebled in mind as to be incapable of understanding his rights or attending to business at all, procured from him…
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