Legal Opinion

Kelley v. Boettcher

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 15, 1897No. Nos. 870-872PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This was a bill iu equity by Thomas D. Kelley, Margaret O. Kelley, Michael P. Kelley, and Annie B. Kelley against Charles Boettcher, John P. Campion, A. V. Hunter, A. K. Meyer, William Boyd Paige, Max Boehmer, and the Ibex Mining Company.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This was a bill iu equity by Thomas D. Kelley, Margaret O. Kelley, Michael P. Kelley, and Annie B. Kelley against Charles Boettcher, John P. Campion, A. V. Hunter, A. K. Meyer, William Boyd Paige, Max Boehmer, and the Ibex Mining Company. Demurrers to the original and an amended bill were sustained by the court below, and, complainants declining to amend further, a decree was entered for defendants. Prom this decree the present appeal was taken. The cause was heard upon a motion to strike the brief of Mr. T. A.…

1Opinion of the Court

BREWER, Circuit Justice.

A motion has been made to strike from the files the brief of appellants, signed by T. A. Green as solicitor, and affirm the decree. The ground of the motion is, in general terms, the irrelevant, scandalous, and offensive matter with which that brief is filled. The record discloses that appellants, as plaintiffs, on June 19,1895, by T. A. Green, their solicitor, filed a bill in equity in the cir*795cuit court, seeking to set aside a deed to a one-sixth interest in the .Little Johnny lode mining claim. Tiiis deed was charged to have been executed on January .16,1893, and it…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kelley v. BoettcherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  2. Keown v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1920
  3. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Muncie & Portland Traction Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Laughlin v. EicherCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  5. United States ex rel. Hallett v. GreenU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1898

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