Lawrence v. Nelson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was a bill in equity, filed September 12, 1889, in the Circuit Court of- the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, by William H. Nelson, a citizen of Indiana, and George M. French, a citizen of Arkansas, against Edward F. Lawrence, a citizen of Illinois, “ as' administrator of the estate of David Ballentine, deceased, and in his own right,” seeking to charge him as…
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APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. This was a bill in equity, filed September 12, 1889, in the Circuit Court of- the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, by William H. Nelson, a citizen of Indiana, and George M. French, a citizen of Arkansas, against Edward F. Lawrence, a citizen of Illinois, “ as' administrator of the estate of David Ballentine, deceased, and in his own right,” seeking to charge him as administrator appointed in Illinois with the -amount of a judgment recovered against him in the Circuit Court of the…
1Opinion of the Court
IVIt?.. Justice Geat,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
The claim of each appellee being for less than $5000; the' jurisdiction of this court is limited .to the questions of law presented by the certificate of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court. Chicago Union Bank v. Kansas City Bank, 136 U. S. 223.
The defendant was appointed administrator of David Bal-lentine’s estate in Illinois only. As such administrator, he appeared in and defended the suit brought by these plaintiffs in the Circuit Court of the United States in Arkansas. By the…
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