Coler v. Grainger County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee. This is an appeal from a decree of tlie circuit court of the United States for tlie Northern division of tlie Eastern district, of Tennessee dismissing a bill filed by William N. Coler, Jr., against the county of Grainger and T. J. Smith, receiver of tlie Morristown & Cumberland Gap Railroad Company, appointed in another proceeding in the same court entitled…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee. This is an appeal from a decree of tlie circuit court of the United States for tlie Northern division of tlie Eastern district, of Tennessee dismissing a bill filed by William N. Coler, Jr., against the county of Grainger and T. J. Smith, receiver of tlie Morristown & Cumberland Gap Railroad Company, appointed in another proceeding in the same court entitled “John Coleman vs. The Morristown & Cumberland Gap It. It. Go. et al.” Color’s bill was based upon a written contract of…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as ahoye). It is first objected that this court has no jurisdiction of the appeal here *21taken, because it presents only the question of tlie jurisdiction of the court below. The argument is that by section 5 of the court of appeals act, where the question is alone of jurisdiction, it is to be certified to the supreme court, and by section 6 of the same act the court of appeals is given jurisdiction only in those cases of appeal and error not provided for in section 5. It lias been held that, where the only question raised upon the record before the court of appeals is…
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