Taylor v. Anderson
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the circuit court op the united states for THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States under § 24, Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
The judgment here under review is one of dismissal for want of jurisdiction. The action was in ejectment. The petition alleged that the plaintiffs were owners in fee and entitled to the possession; that the defendants had forcibly-taken possession and were wrongfully keeping the plaintiffs out of possession, and that the latter were damaged thereby in a sum named. Nothing more was required to state a good cause of action. Snyder’s Comp. Laws Okla., §§ 5627, 6122; Joy v. St. Louis, 201 U. S. 332, 340. But the petition, going beyond what was required, alleged with much detail that the…
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