Indiana Ex Rel. Stanton v. Glover
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OE INDIANA. This ivas an action brought in the name of the State of Indiana on the relation of Walter Stanton, trustee, a citizen of New York, against Arista Glover and four other defendants, citizens of Indiana, on the official bond of said Glover as trust’*» of Mill Creek township, in the county of Fountain, State of Indiana, the other defendants being sureties on said bond.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OE INDIANA. This ivas an action brought in the name of the State of Indiana on the relation of Walter Stanton, trustee, a citizen of New York, against Arista Glover and four other defendants, citizens of Indiana, on the official bond of said Glover as trust’*» of Mill Creek township, in the county of Fountain, State of Indiana, the other defendants being sureties on said bond. The complaint was demurred to on the ground's that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and that the court had no…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The case must be treated, so far as the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court is concerned, as though Stanton was alone named as plaintiff. Maryland v. Baldwin, 112 U. S. 490. ■If the suit could be regarded as founded on the certificates attached to the complaint, there would be a want of jurisdiction, as it does not appear that Pollard could have prosecuted 'the suit in the Circuit Court, Rev. Stat. § 629; Act of March 3, 1875, c. 137, 18 Stat. 470; Act of March 3, 1887, c. 373, 24 Stat. 552, 553; but as the suit is upon the bond, and Stanton and his' cestuis - que trust were citizens of other…
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