Court Opinion

ID: 9416848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 19:57:03.560748+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:51.356338
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice FIELD,
dissenting.
I differ from Brother Bradley in the construction of the bill in this case, and, therefore, differ from him in the conclusions to be drawn from the facts which it discloses. To my mind it presents a clear case, where money, amounting to over four hundred and sixty thousand dollars, was paid under a mistake of fact, into which the complainant was led by the decision of this court. And it would be, in my judgment, only administering simple justice to the company to compel the defendants to make restitution, or to give to the company the benefit of the decree in the foreclosure suit, upon which the money was paid. I, therefore, dissent from the judgment rendered.
The CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice MILLER also dissented.