Brown v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR ' THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. In equity. This litigation arose from, a creditor’s bill, filed in one of the courts of Illinois, by Edward N. Knowlton against the City of Joliet Water Works Company, Jesse W. Starr and Harriet Brown, for the enforcement of a judgment against the first-named two defendants; for the appointment of a receiver. of the property used by that company in- its business; and for an…
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. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR ' THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. In equity. This litigation arose from, a creditor’s bill, filed in one of the courts of Illinois, by Edward N. Knowlton against the City of Joliet Water Works Company, Jesse W. Starr and Harriet Brown, for the enforcement of a judgment against the first-named two defendants; for the appointment of a receiver. of the property used by that company in- its business; and for an accounting with the, remaining defendant, Harriet Brown, who, it was alleged, asserted a vendor’s lien upon some -of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Lamar,
after stating the case as above reported, ■ delivered the opinion of the court.
It is contended by the appellant that the decree below should be reversed on the ground that the cross-bill is multifa- . rious. In Shields v. Thomas, 18 How. 253, 259, this objection was urged against a bill, and in considering the objection the qourt say : “ There is, perhaps,.no rule established for the conducting of equity pleadings, with reference to which (whilst as a rule it is universally admitted) there has existed less of certainty and uniformity in application, than has attended this…
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- Taylor v. LongworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Dial v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Shields v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Holgate v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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