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Winchester v. Loud

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 26, 1883No. 924PublishedCited by 27 opinions

APPEAR FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This ivas a suit in equity, begun in a State court of Michigan, by Henry M. Loud,, the appellee, a citizen- of Michigan, against Charles Winchester and Herbert F. Whiting, citizens of Massachusetts, and George E. Wasey, Henry N. Loud, and Aaron F. Gay, citizens of Michigan, and removed to the-Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan at the instance of the…

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APPEAR FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This ivas a suit in equity, begun in a State court of Michigan, by Henry M. Loud,, the appellee, a citizen- of Michigan, against Charles Winchester and Herbert F. Whiting, citizens of Massachusetts, and George E. Wasey, Henry N. Loud, and Aaron F. Gay, citizens of Michigan, and removed to the-Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan at the instance of the defendant Winchester, on the ground, as stated in the petition for removal, “ that the principal controversy in said suit…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

The petition-for removal was filed before answer, and we must look, therefore, to the bill alone to determine what the controversy is. From this it appears that Henry M. Loud claims that the defendants, Wasey, Henry M. Loud, and Whit ing, bold certain real and personal property in trust to secure a debt owing by him and the’ defendant Gay to the defendant Winchester, and after the debt is paid for the use and benefit of himself, and Gay. He asks for an accounting by the trustees, the removal of Wasey and Whiting, and the appointment of others in their places; and after the debt is paid, a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hyde v. RubleSupreme Court of the United States · 1882

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Torrence v. SheddSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Ayres v. WiswallSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Crump v. ThurberSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. Staton v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  5. In re DitchU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1895

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