Heffner v. Gwynne-Treadwell Cotton Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the' Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Prior to August, 1905, including "1904, tbe copartnership firm of Stewart-Gwynne & Co. were engaged, at Memphis, Tenn., in business as commission merchants dealing in cotton. Sirs. E. B. Heffner (tbe wife of tbe plaintiff in error, hereinafter, for convenience, designated the defendant) was a feme-sole trader, doing business at Carlisle and Hickory Plains, Ark.
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In Error to the' Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Prior to August, 1905, including "1904, tbe copartnership firm of Stewart-Gwynne & Co. were engaged, at Memphis, Tenn., in business as commission merchants dealing in cotton. Sirs. E. B. Heffner (tbe wife of tbe plaintiff in error, hereinafter, for convenience, designated the defendant) was a feme-sole trader, doing business at Carlisle and Hickory Plains, Ark. She engaged extensively in buying cotton in tbe region of her stores, shipping it to said Stewart-Gwynne & Co. to sell for her as a factor. As a…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilips, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Counsel for the plaintiff in error in their brief question the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court over the subject-matter of the suit. Their contention is that each of the notes sued on constitutes a separate cause of action, each of which is less than $2,000, and the sum of them cannot be employed to make out the required excess over $2,000. In support of this proposition decisions of the Supreme Court of Arkansas are cited on the question of the amount in each separate cause of action to give the court jurisdiction. This is not, however, a local question,…
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- Edwards v. Bates CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- William & James Brown & Co. v. McGranSupreme Court of the United States · 1840
- Bowden v. BurnhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
- Feild v. FarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- The Frances, Boyer, Master: Irvin’s ClaimSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
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- Rainier Nat. Park Co. v. MartinDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1937
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