Legal Opinion

Davey v. Dodge

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 25, 1914No. 4056PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; William H. Munger, Judge. Suit in equity by Mary Davey, executrix of the will of John M. Davey, deceased, and Henry Harney, against Charles F. Dodge, administrator of the estate of George W. F. Dorsey, deceased,- and others. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

CARLAND, Circuit Judge.

This is a creditors’ bill filed May 31, 1912, by John M. Davey and Henry Harney, as the owners of three judgments, against one George W. E. Dorsey, amounting in round numbers at the time the bill was filed to $69,900. „ The judgments were rendered by the United States Circuit Court for the District of' Nebraska in 1894 and 1895, in suits brought by Watkins, as receiver of the First National Bank of Ponca, and were purchased by Davey and Blarney in February, 1898, for $600.

Davey died after decree, and Mary Davey, as executrix, has been substituted. The trial court on…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Hammond v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Kelley v. BoettcherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  4. Godden v. KimmellSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  5. Foster v. Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hayes v. Belleair Development Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1935
  2. Wells Fargo Nevada Nat. Bank v. BarnetteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1924
  3. Sullivan v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  4. Schwartz v. LoftusCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
  5. Russell v. Fourth National BankOhio Court of Appeals · 1920

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