Peper v. Fordyce
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL .FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. From the record in this case it appeared that on the 10th of January, 1881, Walter A. Mooré, a citizen of Arkansas, conveyed to George G. Latta, a citizen of the same State, certain property in the city of Hot Springs, in trust to secure the payment of. three jiotes for the sum of $2433.46 each, payable to the order of Charles G. Peper, under the name of Charles G. Peper & Co., a…
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APPEAL .FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. From the record in this case it appeared that on the 10th of January, 1881, Walter A. Mooré, a citizen of Arkansas, conveyed to George G. Latta, a citizen of the same State, certain property in the city of Hot Springs, in trust to secure the payment of. three jiotes for the sum of $2433.46 each, payable to the order of Charles G. Peper, under the name of Charles G. Peper & Co., a eitjzen of Missouri, with power of sale in case of non-payment. After the execution of this conveyance Moore became insolvent,…
1Opinion of the Court
■Me. Chief Justioe Waite,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The first objection now made to the decree is, that the Cir-. cuit. Court had no jurisdiction, either of the suit originally begun in that court, or of that removed from the State court. If the jurisdiction does not appeal’ on the face of the record in some form, the decree is erroneous and must be reversed. That was decided' at the present term in Continental Life Ins. Co. v. Rhoads, ante, 237, to which reference is made fqr the authorities.
The jurisdiction in this case depends alone on the citizenship of the…
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