Hat-Sweat Manuf'g Co. v. Waring

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Hat-Sweat Manuf'g Co. v. Waring

46 F. 87, 1891 U.S. App. LEXIS 1220

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York·Decided March 31, 1891·Published·Cited by 6 cases

Opinion

LacoMbe, Circuit Judge.

Should the defense set up by the defendants be made out by the proof, they would be entitled to a decree not simply denying complainant’s right to money damages, or an accounting, but also declaring the license upon which the suit is brought to be fraudulent and void, and directing its cancellation. The complainant is therefore, under the authorities, not entitled as of right to dismiss its own bill at this stage of the case. Electrical Accumulator Co. v. Brush Electric Co., 4 4 Fed. Rep. 602; Stevens v. Railroads, 4 Fed. Rep. 97. Nor, under all the circumstances, should it be allowed to do so. If complainant suffers default, defendants may take a decree dismissing the complaint, declaring the license void, and directing its cancellation; but such decree will, of course, show upon its face that it was entered upon [88]*88default. Should the complainant be unwilling to suffer default, the time to file briefs named in the former order is extended to and including April 6th, and they need not be printed.

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LacoMbe, Circuit Judge.

Should the defense set up by the defendants be made out by the proof, they would be entitled to a decree not simply denying complainant’s right to money damages, or an accounting, but also declaring the license upon which the suit is brought to be fraudulent and void, and directing its cancellation. The complainant is therefore, under the authorities, not entitled as of right to dismiss its own bill at this stage of the case. Electrical Accumulator Co. v. Brush Electric Co., 4 4 Fed. Rep. 602; Stevens v. Railroads, 4 Fed. Rep. 97. Nor, under all the circumstances, should it be allowed to do so. If complainant suffers default, defendants may take a decree dismissing the complaint, declaring the license void, and directing its cancellation; but such decree will, of course, show upon its face that it was entered upon [88]*88default. Should the complainant be unwilling to suffer default, the time to file briefs named in the former order is extended to and including April 6th, and they need not be printed.

Hat-Sweat Manuf'g Co. v. Waring, 46 F. 87, 1891 U.S. App. LEXIS 1220 (circtsdny 1891).

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