In re Sweetser
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
In Equity. On petition of John C. Hammond to revise certain rulings, findings, and decrees of the District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
We regard this proceeding as revisory under the statute of bankruptcy of 1867. Chapter 176, 14 Stat. 517. Following our proneness to accept decisions of the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the other circuits, on the question of jurisdiction in this court, we feel bound by the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hutchins v. Briggs, 61 Fed. 498, 9 C. C. A. 585, to the effect that we have jurisdiction. We cannot find that this case has ever been disapproved. Our own reflections bring us to the same result. The Circuit Courts of Appeals are given…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Leighton v. KennedyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- Bay State Gas Co. of Delaware v. RogersU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1906
- Hutchins v. BriggsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re KyleU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1910
- In re SweetserU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1909
- In re SweetserDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1914