New Orleans Pacific Railway Co. v. Parker
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE - WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The court stated the case as follows: This'was a.bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage, and a cross-bill to have the mortgage decreed not to be a lien upon the land grant involved in the controversy.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE - WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The court stated the case as follows: This'was a.bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage, and a cross-bill to have the mortgage decreed not to be a lien upon the land grant involved in the controversy. The bill was originally filed February 15, 1886, by the plaintiff Parker, “for himself and for all parties holding bonds and coupons similar to those herein get forth,” against the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Yicksburg Railroad Company, (hereinafter called the Baton Rouge Company,) the Union Trust…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice BeowN
delivered- the opinion of the court.(1) The.motion of the plaintiff Parker, to dismiss the appeal as to him upon the ground that less than five thousand dollars is/involved, demands our first consideration. His position is .that the suit-embraces two separate and distinct conti’oversies: one-.between-Parker'and appellants, and one between Hamlin and appellants-; ‘ that there .-were séparáte decrees in these'several causes; that these decrees cannot be aggregated for the purpose of sustaining the jurisdiction of this court, nor can the appeal be sustained as to him by reason of the fact that,…
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