In re Griggs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Original petition by Clarence Griggs and another for a writ of prohibition or mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This is an application by Griggs and Nash for a writ of prohibition or mandamus to prevent the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Hon. Page Morris, as judge thereof, from exercising jurisdiction over them in their individual capacities.
[1] One Nadeau commenced an action in a state court of Minnesota against Griggs and Nash individually and as executors of the will of Solomon E. King, deceased, to recover for services in securing a purchaser for lands of the King estate in Minnesota which the will authorized the executors to sell. The cause…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Haldeman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- In Re Metropolitan Trust Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Lucas v. PittmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Hutchinson v. TuckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Jacobs v. MarksSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Griggs v. NadeauCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918