Sharpleigh v. Surdam

EMMONS, Circuit Judge.

In all the cases where the complainants are in possession, judgments already rendered in the federal courts fully sustain the jurisdiction. In Gilman v. Sheboygan, 2 Black [67 U. S.] 510; Slater v. Maxwell, 6 Wall. [73 U. S.] 268; Dows v. City of Chicago, 11 Wall. [78 U. S.] 108. and the New York, Virginia, and Illinois cases, cited and approved in them, the irregularity complained' of did not appear on the face of the proceedings, but extrinsic evidence was necessary to show it. When the deed threatened or executed is made evidence by the statute, and the subject of the…