Mayer v. Foulkrod
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Bill on the equity side of the court, setting forth that .Tohn A. Holt, bj' his last will, devised to his wife all his real estate during her life, and after her death, he directs that the said real estate shall be let out for a yearly rent, to be paid to his daughter during her life, and after her decease, that the said estate should be sold at public auction by his executors, and that the proceeds thereof should be divided amongst his grandchildren, share and share alijte,…
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Bill on the equity side of the court, setting forth that .Tohn A. Holt, bj' his last will, devised to his wife all his real estate during her life, and after her death, he directs that the said real estate shall be let out for a yearly rent, to be paid to his daughter during her life, and after her decease, that the said estate should be sold at public auction by his executors, and that the proceeds thereof should be divided amongst his grandchildren, share and share alijte, except that his grandson Michael Cooper should have two shares. That after the death of the widow and daughter, George…
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Justice.
The objections to the jurisdiction are: (1) To the general jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States in cases like the present, on the ground that the plaintiff, claiming as assignee of the legacies in dispute, the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States is excluded by the eleventh section of the judiciary law, unless it appear upon the face of the proceedings that the court could have taken cognizance of the cause in ease no assignment had been made, and the assignor had brought the suit (2) To the jurisdiction of the equity side of this…
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