Keller v. Ashford
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .This was a bill in equity by Henrietta c! Keller, the holder of á promissory ■ note for $2000, made by one Thompson,; secured by his mortgage of 'land in Washington, against Francis A. Ashford as grantee- of the land subject to this -mortgage, and. who by the terms of the deed to him assumed payment of incumbrances on the land'. The bill prayed for a decree in-the plaintiff’s favor against Ashford for the amount of…
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .This was a bill in equity by Henrietta c! Keller, the holder of á promissory ■ note for $2000, made by one Thompson,; secured by his mortgage of 'land in Washington, against Francis A. Ashford as grantee- of the land subject to this -mortgage, and. who by the terms of the deed to him assumed payment of incumbrances on the land'. The bill prayed for a decree in-the plaintiff’s favor against Ashford for the amount of that.' note, and for general relief. The case was heard upon pleadings and proofs, by which it. appeared to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Gray,
after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court., The motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction must be denied. This appeal ivas claimed and allowed February 16,1885.' At that time, the act of February 25, 1879, c. 99, was iii force, which provided that “ the final judgment or decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in any case where the matter in dispute, exclusive.of costs, exceeds the value of twenty-five hundred dollars, may be reexamined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon writ of error or…
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