Roberts v. Lewis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE. CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. In this action, brought June 11, 1887, by Lewis against Roberts in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, the petition was as follows: “Comes-now the said plaintiff and shows and represents unto this honorable court that he is a resident of the city of Milwaukee in the State of Wisconsin, and a citizen of the said State of Wisconsin, and that the defendant is a…
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ERROR TO THE. CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. In this action, brought June 11, 1887, by Lewis against Roberts in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, the petition was as follows: “Comes-now the said plaintiff and shows and represents unto this honorable court that he is a resident of the city of Milwaukee in the State of Wisconsin, and a citizen of the said State of Wisconsin, and that the defendant is a resident of the city of Lincoln in the State of Nebraska, and a citizen of the said State of Nebraska, and’that the matters…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The principal question argued in this, case is upon the true construction of the devise of Jacob Dawson to his wife, in view of the conflicting decisions of this court and of the Su preme Court of Nebraska. Giles v. Little, 104 U. S. 291; Little v. Giles, 25 Nebraska, 313. See also Little v. Giles, 118 U. S. 596; Giles v. Little, 134 U. S. 645.
But a preliminary question to be decided is whether the Circuit Court of the United States appears upon this record to have had any jurisdiction of the case.
The petition or declaration alleges in due form that the plaintiff is a citizen of the State of…
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