Legal Opinion

South Dakota Cent. Ry. Co. v. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 1, 1919No. 5150PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota; James D. Elliott, Judge. Suit in equity by the South Dakota Central Railway Company against the Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

TRIEBER, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree sustaining a motion of the defendants to dismiss the complaint for want of equity.

The cause was originally instituted by the appellant in a circuit court of the state of South Dakota, and on petition of" the appellees removed to the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota. A motion to remand the cause to the state court was overruled, and thereupon the motion to dismiss the complaint for failing to state a cause of action was sustained. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the court below.

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Wabash Railroad v. Adelbert College of Western Reserve UniversitySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. McCormick v. SullivantSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
  3. Julian v. Central Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
  4. Carson v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. Dowell v. ApplegateSupreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  2. Shores v. Hendy Realization Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
  3. Torquay Corporation v. Radio Corporation of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1932
  4. Brictson Mfg. Co. v. CloseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
  5. Refior v. Lansing Drop Forge Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943

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