Darlington v. Clemson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Chester Co., No. 491, in Equity, sustaining demurrer to bill in case of Hoopes Darlington v. Hannah G. Clemson. Bill in equity for contribution. Before Hemphill, P. J. The court sustained the demurrer. Error assigned was in sustaining the demurrer.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The prayers of the plaintiff’s bill were, (a) for a decree requiring the defendants to contribute and pay to the plaintiff their respective proportionate shares of the amount of a certain judgment obtained against him by the First National Bank of Pittsburg, Kansas, in accordance with the number of shares of the capital stock of the Neosho Valley Investment Company, a Kansas corporation, owned or held by each defendant; (b) for such other and further equitable relief as he was entitled to. There was no prayer for discovery. In order to a final decree, that would give the plaintiff…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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