Green v. Mills
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. This was a bill of complaint filed in the circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina April 19, 1895, by Lawrence P. Mills, described as “a citizen of the state of South Carolina and of the United States,” against W. Briggs Green, described as “a citizen of said state and the United States,” and exhibited on behalf of complainant and all other citizens of the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. This was a bill of complaint filed in the circuit court of the United States for the district of South Carolina April 19, 1895, by Lawrence P. Mills, described as “a citizen of the state of South Carolina and of the United States,” against W. Briggs Green, described as “a citizen of said state and the United States,” and exhibited on behalf of complainant and all other citizens of the county of Richland, in the state of South Carolina, circumstanced like himself, and too numerous to be made parties,…
1Opinion of the CourtFuller, Circuit Justice
(after stating the facts as above). It is contended on behalf of appellee that jurisdiction of this appeal cannot be entertained, because if the case went to final decree an appeal therefrom "would lie only to the supreme court. Under section 7 of the judiciary act of March 3, 1891, where, upon a hearing in equity in the circuit court, an injunction is granted or continued by an interlocutory order or decree, “in a cause in which an appeal from a final decree may be taken under the provisions of this act to the circuit court of appeals, an appeal may be taken from such interlocutory order or…
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