Lamoreaux v. Lamoreaux

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree in equity dismissing the bill upon the ground that the facts set up in *48the answer had been found true upon a hearing, and that said facts constituted a bar to the prosecution of the bill.

The suit was one brought by appellant, Genevra D. Lamoreaux, hereafter called plaintiff, against Leigh C. Lamoreaux, often hereafter called defendant, and several others. Jurisdiction was based upon diversity of citizenship, and the requisite amount involved.

The bill alleged substantially as follows: That plaintiff and defendant were tenants in common and…