Bell v. Pomeroy
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Michigan
[In equity. Bill of discovery by Bell and others against Pomeroy in aid of a defense at law in an action between the same parties. Defendant pleads that the facts sought to be discovered may be proven by another person.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP
THE COURT.
The defendant brought an action for trespass on personal property, against the complainants, on the law side of this court. In aid of the defense at law, the present bill was filed, to procure a discovery from the defendant.
In June, 1843, Bell sued out a writ of attachment from a circuit court of the state, against William Cramer, an absconding debt- or, which was laid upon certain goods as being his property. The other complainants aided in the service of the attachment. Pom-eroy sued them for trespass, on the ground that he had acquired title to the goods from Cramer. In…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Seymour v. SeymourNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
3Cited by3 opinions
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- In re TerensDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1910
- Owyhee Land & Irrigation Co. v. TautphausCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901