Edwards v. Bay State Gas Co.

Citations

• 120 F. 585
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 5318

Syllabus

<p>1. Equity — Petition of Intervener to be Given Charge of Suit — Sufficiency of Grounds.</p> <p>One among a number of interveners in a suit, who was admitted as a party without conditions, and has been in the case for 17 months, without taking any part in the proceedings or offering any evidence, is not entitled, on a petition filed after the testimony has been closed, to be given full charge of the suit, as complainant, on an allegation of collusion between the original parties, of which none of the other interveners complains, and of which he offers no proof, except certain testimony in the record, taken in a previous stage of the litigation, on other issues.</p>