Legal Opinion
Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields v. Kilkeary
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1953No. 18-15124PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNE, District Judge.
The appellant, as plaintiff below, filed a complaint in the nature of a “bill of peace” seeking to avoid a multiplicity of legal actions by determining in one equity suit the liability asserted in hundreds of claims for damages resulting from floods of the Yuba River in the winter of 1950. The complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and this appeal followed.
The material allegations of the complaint may be summarized as follows: Plaintiff is a citizen of the State of Maine; defendants are all citizens of the State of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Bitterman v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by36 opinions
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