Legal Opinion
Tillinghast v. Chace
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Decided March 19, 1903No. 2,609PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This case is before the court upon exceptions of the complainant to the joint answer of the defendants Chace and Ingraham, and the individual answer of Baxter. The exceptions to the answer of Chace and Ingraham, both for impertinence and insufficiency, are each and all overruled.
The complainant contends that he is entitled to discovery upon a bill which waives an oath. In the Union Bank of Georgetown v. Geary, 5 Pet. 99, 112, 8 L. Ed. 60, it was said by the Supreme Court:
*436“We are Inclined to adopt it as a general rule that an answer not under oath is to he considered…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Patterson v. GainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1848
- Union Bank of Georgetown v. GearySupreme Court of the United States · 1831
- Colgate v. Compagnie Francaise du Telegraphs de Paris a New YorkU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1885
- Badger v. McNamaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Huntington v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Luten v. CampDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1915
- Johnson v. MundySupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- McFarland v. State Sav. BankU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Montana · 1904
- Victor G. Bloede Co. v. CarterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1906
- Calahan v. Holland-Cook Mfg. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1912