Hobbs Mfg. Co. v. Gooding
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. Suit in equity by the Hobbs Manufacturing Company, against George E. Gooding and others. Complainant appeals from a decree dismissing an ancillary bill.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity with reference to which there were motions to dismiss and demurrers. A careful examination of the demurrers shows that, so far as this appeal is concerned, they are to be taken simply as general demurrers. The motions to dismiss were not accepted by the Circuit Court as efficient, and they do not appear to us to be so. Nevertheless, we have not carefully sifted out all the questions which they raise, and, if we are mistaken about them, the Judgment which we will enter will prevent any injurious results therefrom. The bill was dismissed on the…
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