World's Columbian Exposition v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. Statement by FULLER, Circuit Justice: This was a bill in equity, filed May 27, 1893, by the United States against the World’s Columbian Exposition, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Illinois; H. N. Higinbotham, the president of that corporation; D. H. Burnham, director of works, and D. H. Burnham, lieutenant and chief officer of the…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Northern District of Illinois. Statement by FULLER, Circuit Justice: This was a bill in equity, filed May 27, 1893, by the United States against the World’s Columbian Exposition, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Illinois; H. N. Higinbotham, the president of that corporation; D. H. Burnham, director of works, and D. H. Burnham, lieutenant and chief officer of the Columbian Guards; Edmund Rice, commander of the Columbian Guards; George R. Davis, director general of the said World’s…
1Opinion of the Court
FULLER, Circuit Justice,
(after stating the facts.) Appellees have submitted a motion to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that the jurisdiction of the circuit court was in issue; that the case involved the construction or application of the constitution.-of the-United States, and that the constitutionality of laws of the United' States was drawn in question therein; that, therefore, the appeal from a final decree would lie to the supreme court of the United States, and not to this court; and hence that this appeal, which is from an interlocutory order, cannot be maintained under the seventh…
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