Thackrah v. Haas
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OP UTAH'. This suit was brought on December 16, 1880, by Thackrah against Haas, Godbe, the London Bank of Utah (Limited) and the Koyal Mining Company of Utah.
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APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OP UTAH'. This suit was brought on December 16, 1880, by Thackrah against Haas, Godbe, the London Bank of Utah (Limited) and the Koyal Mining Company of Utah. The complaint alleged that on September 17, 1880, the plaintiff was owner of certain interests, property and rights in the mining company, equal to 80,000 shares of its capital stock, and then of the value of $80,000, (as to 75,000 shares in his' own right, and as to the remaining 5000 as trustee,) and for the same was entitled to have 80,000 shares issued to him' whenever thé stock should…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. JustiCE G-bay,
after stating the case as above, reported* delivered the opinion of the court.
No opinion of the court below and no brief or argument for the appellee having been submitted to us, it is not easy to conjecture the ground upon which the demurrers were sustained.
By the statutes of Utah, there is, for the enforcement or protection of private rights, and tlie redress or prevention of private wrongs, but one form of action, commenced by complaint, to which the defendant may demur or answer. If there be no answer, the relief cannot exceed that demanded in the complaint; in any other…
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