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4 Edw. Ch. 539

Mel v. Holbrook

New York Court of Chancery

Decided October 7, 1844

New York Court of Chancery · decided 1844-10-07

Booth became the proprietor of the bank of Florida, a bank incorporated by the legislature of the territory of Florida and established at Tallahassee ; that, being such proprietor, the said Booth conducted and carried on the business of the said bank at Tallahassee and, in the course thereof, issued and put in circulation a large amount of the bank bills and circulating notes of the said bank and which said notes were, upon the face of them, made payable at the office of…

Decided 1844-10-07

The Vice-Chancellor :

¶1This appears to be a case of an equitable set off within the principle of Lindsay v. Jackson, 2 Paige’s C. R. 581. Order, that the injunction be made so as to become an absolute stay of proceedings in the suit at law.

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