Brown v. McDonald

Citations

• 130 F. 964
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4861

Syllabus

<p>1. Bill of Discovert — Jurisdiction—Adequate Remedy at Law.</p> <p>A federal court of equity will not entertain a bill of discovery, the sole purpose of which is to ascertain the names of alleged owners of stock of a corporation against whom complainant desires to bring actions for the collection of an assessment, where the bill shows that defendants, one of «whom is responsible, are also liable for such assessment, since complainant not only has an adequate remedy at law for the collection of the assessment, but, under Rev. St. §§ 858, 724 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 659, 583], may call defendants as witnesses in such action and require them to produce books and papers.</p>