Farley v. Kittson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. This was a bill in equity by Jesse P. Farley against Norman W. Kittson, James J. Hill, and the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Bail way Company,'which, as amended by leave of court, contained the following allegations : That in 1876 tlie plaintiff and Kittson and Hill agreed together to acquire by purchase. or contract, for their joint and equal benefit, all that could be obtained of the…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. This was a bill in equity by Jesse P. Farley against Norman W. Kittson, James J. Hill, and the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Bail way Company,'which, as amended by leave of court, contained the following allegations : That in 1876 tlie plaintiff and Kittson and Hill agreed together to acquire by purchase. or contract, for their joint and equal benefit, all that could be obtained of the bonds of the St. Paul and Pacific Bailroad Company and the First Division of the St. Paul and Pacific Bailroad Company, two…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating the case as above reported, delirered the opinion of the court.
A brief abstract of the pleadings will help to make clear wbat is presented for decision upon this record.
The suit was brought by Farley to enforce an agreement by which he and the defendants Kittson and Hill agreed to purchase, for their joint and equal benefit, the bonds, secured by mortgages, of two railroads, of one of which he was receiver, by appointment of the court, and of the other of which he was the general, manager, by appointment of the trustees named in the mortgages.
The bill alleged…
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