W. L. Slayton & Co. v. City of Jourdanton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas; Duval West, Judge. Suit in equity by W. I,. Slayton & Co. against the City of Jourdan-ton and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from an order of the court sustaining a motion of appellees, defendants below, to dismiss the amended bill of complaint filed by the appellant, plaintiff below, in so far as said bill asserted claims based on two issues of city warrants, one for $4,000 and the other for $20,000, qn the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to hear and determine the issues so tendered. The plaintiff declined to amend, and appealed to this court from that order. As the jurisdiction of the court was put in issue, and the case was disposed of by a decision of that issue in favor of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. JahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Knisely v. BurtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918