Hill v. Wallace

The first question for our consideration is whether, assuming the act to be invalid, the complainants on the *61face of'their bill state sufficient equitable grounds,to justify granting the relief they ask. We think it clear that within the cases of Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co., 255 U. S. 180; Brushaber v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 240 U. S. 1, 10; Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429, and Dodge v. Woolsey, 18 How. 331, 341, 346, the averments of the bill entitle them to relief against the Board of Trade of Chicago, its president and its directors. The bill shows that the…