White Co. v. Finance Corp. of America

On hearing the defendants’ motion in the eonrt below to dismiss plaintiff’s bill in equity, the court held as follows:

“If this case is to be considered at all as a possible subject of equity jurisdiction, it must be as a creditors’ bill to reach property fraudulently transferred by a debtor. The mere fact that there is an allegation that money has been obtained from the plaintiff through fraud is insufficient to give equity jurisdiction. Curriden v. Middleton, 232 U. S. 633, 34 S. Ct. 458, 58 L. Ed. 765; United States v. Bitter Root Development Company, 200 U. S. 451, 26 S. Ct. 318, 50 L. Ed.…