Swift v. David
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. Action by Lester W. David against Edward E. Swift and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
In September, 1908, the defendant in error brought an action in a state court of the state of Washington against the plaintiffs in error to recover the sum of $77,500 on a contract of sale of certain shares of stock in a corporation of British Columbia. The cause was removed to the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Washington on the ground of diversity of citizenship. In that court a supplemental complaint was filed, to which an answer was made, in which the plaintiffs in error set up a counterclaim for $244,291.79, and on September 27, 1909, a…
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- Lyman v. BrownU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1855
- New York, L. E. & W. R. Co. v. McHenryU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1883
- The EastDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1877
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