Dudley v. Easton
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing on, demurrer a bill filed by Dudley, the assignee in bankruptcy of William P. Bush. The case stated in the last amended bill is substantially as follows: —
On the 10th of October, 1873, Easton and Stillwell severally sued Bush in the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Missouri, — Easton on a note for $3,000, and Stillwell on one for $5,000; In due course of proceeding, judgments by default could be-taken in each of the suits on the 30th of October. Bush was at the time laboring under great…
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