Shoecraft v. Bloxham
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FBOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOB THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The case was stated by the court as follows: This is a suit in equity to enforce the performance of a contract, made between the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida and the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company, for the conveyance of certain lands in Florida, and to determine the rights of various parties claiming interests in them.
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APPEAL FBOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOB THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The case was stated by the court as follows: This is a suit in equity to enforce the performance of a contract, made between the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida and the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company, for the conveyance of certain lands in Florida, and to determine the rights of various parties claiming interests in them. As alleged in the bill, by the act of' Congress of September 28, 1850, to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The conveyance to the company of the lands held by the trus- ^ tees pursuant to the contract' between those parties is essential to the value of the security offered for the bonds executed to the Security Construction and Trust Company, and to enable the complainant to discharge the trust accepted by him. But the contract being between .citizens of the State of Florida, a suit upon it could not be maintained by the railroad company in the Circuit Court of the United States^ and therefore could not be maintained by its assignee, the complainant. Section 629 *735of the Revised Statutes, which was…
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