STEWART v. SONNEBORN


98 U.S. 187 (____)

STEWART v. SONNEBORN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roscoe Conkling for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Philip Phillips, contra.


MR. JUSTICE STRONG, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The errors now assigned are exclusively to the charge given by the court to the jury. The instruction given was (inter alia) as follows: "But if they (the defendants) had no legal claim or demand against the complainant (Sonneborn), then, whether they had probable cause or not, they had no right to institute the proceedings (in bankruptcy). They...

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