WOOD ET AL. v. DAVIS


59 U.S. 467 (1855)

18 How. 467

RICHARD D. WOOD, JOHN YARROW, JAMES ABBOTT, AND JOSEPH BACON, COPARTNERS UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF WOOD, ABBOTT, AND COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. ALEXANDER C. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. St. George T. Campbell and Mr. Browning, for the appellants, and Mr. Carlisle, for the defendant.


Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois.

Davis, a citizen resident of Illinois, filed a bill in the 14th judicial circuit of that State, in chancery, against the appellants, citizens and residents of Pennsylvania, and four other persons who will be more particularly noticed hereafter, setting out various dealings and business transactions...

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