Hungerford v. Sigerson
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the district o'f Wisconsin. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Bradley admitted that the bill was very inartificially drawn, bnt contended that there were three grounds upon which the jurisdiction of the court could be sustained. First. Complicated accounts between the parties. Second.. The breach of the trust with which the said no£e was clothed. Third.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the district o'f Wisconsin. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Bradley admitted that the bill was very inartificially drawn, bnt contended that there were three grounds upon which the jurisdiction of the court could be sustained. First. Complicated accounts between the parties. Second.. The breach of the trust with which the said no£e was clothed. Third. The want of remedy in the common-law court. If the bill shows a state of facts well pleaded, which would entitle the complainant either to a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is an-.appeal from the District Court for the district of "Wisconsin.
In his 'bill, the complainant states that prior to the 1st of December, 1851, he had numerous business transactions with the defendant, who had made advances of money to him on divers Occasions, and payments had been made to him by the complainant. In a conversation in relation to their accounts, the defendant admitted the complainant was indebted to him only in about the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars; and on that day the defendant proposed to the complainant that he should execute to the defendant a…
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