Freeland v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE 'SUPREME COURT OP APPEALS QP THE STATE OP WEST VIRGINIA. In equity in a state court of West Virginia to enjoin the enforcement of a judgment obtained against the complainant. Decree, for the complainant. The defendant brought the case here by writ of error. The Federal question is stated in the opinion of the court.'
1Opinion of the CourtJustice MillIer
This case is brought before us by a writ of error directed to the judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia.
We can, perhaps, best present the questions of Federal cognizance, which are supposed to give this court jurisdiction, by a-short statement of its history.
David Freeland, the present plaintiff in error, brought, in the Circuit Court of Preston County, in the State of West Virginia, against Joseph V. Williams and his brother Charles Williams, an action of trespass -de bonis asportatis for the . taking and conversion of cattle which were the property of the…
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