Craft v. Thompson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
In Equity. The bill, by Samuel Craft against Noble Thompson, alleges, in substance, that prior to the fourteenth day of April, 1870, to wit, on the first day of May, A. D. 1867, the said Samuel Craft and said Noble Thompson entered into an arrangement for the purchase and sale of cattle and horses for their mutual benefit and profit and on their joint account; that, in pursuance of said arrangement, they did, respectively, make various purchases and sales of cattle and…
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In Equity. The bill, by Samuel Craft against Noble Thompson, alleges, in substance, that prior to the fourteenth day of April, 1870, to wit, on the first day of May, A. D. 1867, the said Samuel Craft and said Noble Thompson entered into an arrangement for the purchase and sale of cattle and horses for their mutual benefit and profit and on their joint account; that, in pursuance of said arrangement, they did, respectively, make various purchases and sales of cattle and horses for tlieir mutual benefit and on their joint account, amounting to a large • sum, to wit, to the sum of $7,000; that…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The bill sets forth that the award of the referees was obtained(1) Through the inadvertence, misapprehension, mistake, or undue bias or partiality of the referees.(2) By the wilful perjury of the defendant.(3) By reason of the misfortune of the plaintiff, who, having lost his memorandum book, was unable thereby to verify his own oath contradictory of the false testimony of the defendant.(4) By reason of his embarrassment in consequence of not having the aid of counsel, his opponent being thus aided before the referees.
It is an universal and familiar rule, that a demurrer necessarily admits…
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- Muldrow v. NorrisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1852
- Spurck v. CrookIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Duren v. GetchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1867
- Monroe v. DelavanNew York Supreme Court · 1857
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