Parsons v. Howard
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
In equity. The bill in this case stated in substance that the complainants together with some of the defendants and certain other persons whose names appeared in the bill, and who were citizens of the same state (New York) with the complainants, were associated together in the lottery business, being proprietors of several lottery grants from various states; and that to facilitate the business and avoid conflict of interest, they had put the entire business into the hands of…
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In equity. The bill in this case stated in substance that the complainants together with some of the defendants and certain other persons whose names appeared in the bill, and who were citizens of the same state (New York) with the complainants, were associated together in the lottery business, being proprietors of several lottery grants from various states; and that to facilitate the business and avoid conflict of interest, they had put the entire business into the hands of certain trustees (including two of the defendants), and that it was carried on in various states by these trustees…
1Opinion of the Court
BRADLEY, Circuit Justice.
The plea to-the bill of revivor in this case is good, if true, and if the suit proceeds farther, the complainants must reply to it, and proceed to-proofs. I observe that the only allegation in the bill of revivor is, that the complainants therein have obtained letters of executorship-on the estate of Reuben Parsons, deceased, without specifying any last will, any state or place, or court, in which the letters were issued. This is extremely informal. All these particulars should have been stated, so-that the court could see that the complainants were fully entitled to…
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