Clews v. Jamieson
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The petitioners and complainants, being residents of the State and city of New York, commenced this suit in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois against certain of the defendants composing the governing committee of the Chicago Stock Exchange, to recover funds deposited with them, in trust, and also to recover damages against other defendants composing the firm of…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The petitioners and complainants, being residents of the State and city of New York, commenced this suit in equity in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois against certain of the defendants composing the governing committee of the Chicago Stock Exchange, to recover funds deposited with them, in trust, and also to recover damages against other defendants composing the firm of Jamieson & Company, brokers belonging to the exchange, alleged to have been sustained by the complainants by a violation…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
It is contended that there is an adequate and complete remedy at law for any liability that may arise by reason of the transactions above set forth, and that therefore the bill was properly dismissed and the decree of dismissal, should be af- . firmed by this court.
It is undisputed that the defendants, the governing committee of the stock exchange, have in their hands the sum of $14,000, the absolute title to which they do not claim. That sum was deposited' with them by Schwartz & Company and Jamieson & Company, each depositing-one half, for the purpose of thereby securing the performance of…
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