Legal Opinion

McDowell v. Hutchinson

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 7, 1889No. 89PublishedCited by 7 opinions

FBOM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN EQUITY. No. 89 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 122 December Term 1886, C. P. No. 1 in Equity. On September 28, 1886, Nathan M. McDowell filed a bill in equity against A. A..

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FBOM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN EQUITY. No. 89 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 122 December Term 1886, C. P. No. 1 in Equity. On September 28, 1886, Nathan M. McDowell filed a bill in equity against A. A.. Hutchinson and the North Side Bridge Company, in which the averments were in substance as follows : That A. A. Hutchinson had brought suit against the North Side Bridge Company at No. 406 March Term 1886, C. P. No. 1, for $114,650 as the par value of 2293 shares of preferred stock of the company, assigned to him by said -N. M.…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion,

Mr. Justice Hand :

The plaintiff brought his bill in equity praying for the rescinding of a contract entered into between himself and Hutchinson, one of the defendants; for an account; for the refunding of expenses incurred by reason of defendant’s default; to restrain the delivery of further stock by the bridge company to Hutchinson; and to stay proceedings at law instituted by Hutchinson against the bridge company, which were wholly dependent for validity on a settlement between the plaintiff and Hutchinson. The bridge company was made defendant in the bill.

The facts are as follows :…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Giovannitti v. Nationwide InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Snyder v. Bassler Limestone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  3. Millert v. Augustinian CollegeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
  4. Abrams v. SherwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
  5. Philip Hiss Co. v. PitcairnU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1901

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