Poor v. Carleton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Bill in equity. This was brought by David Poor, against Richard Carleton and others. It asserted a joint interest in Poor and one Isaac Carleton, of whom the defendants in the present case are the legal representatives, in a certain ship called the Boston; that the ship was built and sailed on joint account; and that it was afterwards seized and detained in Naples, and subsequently sold.
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Bill in equity. This was brought by David Poor, against Richard Carleton and others. It asserted a joint interest in Poor and one Isaac Carleton, of whom the defendants in the present case are the legal representatives, in a certain ship called the Boston; that the ship was built and sailed on joint account; and that it was afterwards seized and detained in Naples, and subsequently sold. “That since the decease of said Carleton, under and by virtue of a treaty duly concluded between the government of the United States and the king of Naples, certain indemnification was and is provided to be…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The motion to dissolve the injunction granted, in this case, has been made and argued by the counsel for the defendants upon the general ground, that by the rules of courts of equity, after the answers have come in, denying the whole equity of the bill, the defendants are entitled to have the injunction dissolved. On the other hand, the plaintiff insists, that the motion ought not to be granted, upon the ground of irreparable mischief; and in support of the argument he has offered and read certain depositions to establish, that one of the principal defendants is…
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