McCulloch v. Chatfield
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court, of the United states for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The ease presented by the appellant, John MeGulloch, who was also tho plaintiff in the circuit court, is as follows: By an original and amended bill of complaint which was filed by him against the appellees in the circuit court 20,000 acres, the plaintiff was entitled, as against Allen, by virtue of such representation to three-fortieths of that amount of land, namely, lands to the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court, of the United states for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The ease presented by the appellant, John MeGulloch, who was also tho plaintiff in the circuit court, is as follows: By an original and amended bill of complaint which was filed by him against the appellees in the circuit court 20,000 acres, the plaintiff was entitled, as against Allen, by virtue of such representation to three-fortieths of that amount of land, namely, lands to the amount of 46,500 acres. The bill thereupon prayed the court to enter a decree that the plaintiff was entitled to a…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, Circuit Judge
It is obvious from an inspection of the record that, in so far as there is any substantial controversy developed by the pleadings or the testimony, the plaintiff, McCulloch, on the one side, and the defendant H. li Allen, on the other, are the only interested parties. It is conceded by all that by contributing $£i5,000 towards the objects of the speculation in which H. E. Allen, W. II. Ohatfield, William Woods, and T. E. Handy became Interested by the agreement of February 3, 1882, the plaintiff, McCulloch, became, and now is, entitled to one twentieth of the proceeds oi the sale of the land…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Greenwood v. . MarvinNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Nicoll v. OgdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
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- Bonner v. Cross County Rice Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1914