Curtis v. Lakin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for tbe District of Utah. The bill in this case was filed by M. J. Curtis and A. D. Bowley, the appellants, against Josiah S. Lakin and the Sacramento Gold Mining Company, the appellees, on November 13, 189?, and was subsequently amended on March 8, 1898. In the original and amended bill the following facts were alleged, in substance: On February 1, 1892, Josiah S. Lakin, A. D. Bowley, and M. J. Curtis associated themselves…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for tbe District of Utah. The bill in this case was filed by M. J. Curtis and A. D. Bowley, the appellants, against Josiah S. Lakin and the Sacramento Gold Mining Company, the appellees, on November 13, 189?, and was subsequently amended on March 8, 1898. In the original and amended bill the following facts were alleged, in substance: On February 1, 1892, Josiah S. Lakin, A. D. Bowley, and M. J. Curtis associated themselves together “for the purpose of locating, developing, and operating mines in the states of California, Nevada, and such…
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge,
after stating the case as above, delivered tlu' opinion, of the court.
The bill of complaint is disingenuous, in that it fails to state certain facts with that degree of fullness and accuracy which a court of chancery has a right to expect in a case of this- character and magnitude, and in that it fails to give information concerning the plaintiffs’ conduct in certain respects and on certain occasions, which obviously might have been given had the pleader been disposed to make a frank disclosure of all the material facts and circumstances touching the transactions out of…
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