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· 3/22/1875

Trist v. Child

Citations

  • 88 U.S. 441
  • 22 L. Ed. 623
  • 21 Wall. 441
  • 1874 U.S. LEXIS 1383

How courts have described this case

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  • “[A] mere agreement to pay out of such fund is not sufficient. Something more is necessary. There must be an appropriation of the fund pro tanto”
  • generally, a resort to equity is not permitted where there is an adequate remedy at law

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Judges: Swayne

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