Nisbet v. Federal Title & Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; John A. Riner, Judge. Action at law by the Federal Title & Trust Company against Alexander Nisbet, as Commissioner of Safety, etc., and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; John A. Riner, Judge. Action at law by the Federal Title & Trust Company against Alexander Nisbet, as Commissioner of Safety, etc., and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. July 21, 1913, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s Great Far East, Combined, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey, and hereinafter referred to as the circus corporation, was exhibiting in Denver. The property employed in its business was of two classes: That used strictly in the…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Valkenburgh, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Thirty-five errors were assigned to the action of the court below, and 14 were specified in the brief as relied upon by plaintiffs in error. Stripped of repetition and alternative statement, the following considerations are presented:(1) That the court of bankruptcy was without jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the claim of Thomas A. Smith as against third parties, to wit, the sheriff and attaching creditors; and, as an incident thereto, that the court erred in holding that the judgment of the bankruptcy court, in making the award to Smith, was binding…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Murphy v. John Hofman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Whitney v. WenmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- In re RochfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Clay v. WatersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Smith v. Chase Nat. Bank of City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- In Re SwartzCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
- Merchants' & Mechanics' Bank v. SewellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
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