Bogart v. Southern Pacific Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of direct appeals under § 5 of the Circuit Court of Appeals Act of 1891, are stated in the opinion. As to the jurisdiction of this court on direct appeal: The jurisdiction of the court was in issue in the Circuit Court, so that the appeal was properly taken directly to this court.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of direct appeals under § 5 of the Circuit Court of Appeals Act of 1891, are stated in the opinion. As to the jurisdiction of this court on direct appeal: The jurisdiction of the court was in issue in the Circuit Court, so that the appeal was properly taken directly to this court. In view of the certificate of the court below and the plain facts in the case, it would seem to be unnecessary to argue this question at length. The court below construed,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This is a direct appeal from a decree of the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of New York upon the ground that the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court is in issue under § 5 of the Circuit Court of Appeals Act (March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 826, c. 517), and a certificate to that effect has been sent to this court.
The suit was originally brought in the New York Supreme Court for the County of Queens by Walter B. Lawrence, who has since died and for whom the appellants have been substituted, against the Southern Pacific Company, Frederick P. Olcott, Central Trust Company of New…
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