Coburn v. Cedar Valley Land & Cattle Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. These cases, as stated in substance by counsel, may be described as follows: (1) On.
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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. These cases, as stated in substance by counsel, may be described as follows: (1) On. October 10, 1885, the Cedar Yalley Land and Cattle Company, Limited, an English corporation, filed its bill against "William N. Ewing and James M. Coburn in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, alleging that Stewart and others, having ascertained that the defendants were willing, in conjunction with them, to subscribe to the capital stock of the corporation when formed, agreed…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief. Justice Fuller
delivered the opinion of the court.
"We are entirely satisfied with the conclusion of the Circuit Court, upon the evidence, that all the matters in controversy. between the parties had been fully compromised and settled. The litigation was being prosecuted upon two bills and two cross-bills when the negotiations commenced, and involved the claims of the company against Coburn and Ewing and the claim of Coburn and Ewing for compensation for services rendered in the purchase of the ranch. No reason appears for the severance of claims so intimately connected, and the…
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