Legal Opinion

Louisville Trust Co. v. Knott

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 30, 1903No. 389PublishedCited by 52 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP KENTUCKY. This case arises out of thé conflicting claims by the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky, and the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, Chancery Branch, as to the right to administer the property and affairs of the.Evening Post Company, a corporation of Kentucky.

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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP KENTUCKY. This case arises out of thé conflicting claims by the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky, and the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Kentucky, Chancery Branch, as to the right to administer the property and affairs of the.Evening Post Company, a corporation of Kentucky. The Federal court having possession, by its.Receiver, of the property of that company, declined to surrender possession to the Louisville Trust Company, .the Receiver appointed by the state court. From…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

We are of opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court dismissing the intervening petition of the Louisville Trust Company is not subject to review here upon direct appeal or writ of error to that court.

By the Judiciary Act of March 3d, 1891, c. S17, 26 Stat. 826, an appeal or a writ of error, as the one or the'other mode may be proper, can be taken directly from a Circuit Court to this court in certain specified cases, among which is “any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue;” and “in such cases the question of jurisdiction alone shall be certified-to the Supreme Court…

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  3. James L. v. CarrylSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
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  5. Cross v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by52 opinions

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