Cincinnati Safe & Lock Co. v. Grand Rapids Safety Deposit Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. . This was a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, as the jurisdiction' of the court below depended solely upon the diverse citizenship of the parties, and the writ of error was not sued out until July 3, 1891. By the act of March 3, 1891, (26 Stat. 826, c. 517,) establishing the Circuit Courts of Appeals, the jurisdiction of the court, in cases dependent upon diverse citizenship, was…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. . This was a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, as the jurisdiction' of the court below depended solely upon the diverse citizenship of the parties, and the writ of error was not sued out until July 3, 1891. By the act of March 3, 1891, (26 Stat. 826, c. 517,) establishing the Circuit Courts of Appeals, the jurisdiction of the court, in cases dependent upon diverse citizenship, was taken away; but by the joint resolution of March 3, 1891, (26 Stat. 1115,) the jurisdiction was preserved as to pending…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice:
Judgment was rendered in this case by the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio on April 25,1891. An entry was made of record, June 19, 1891, that the court “ allows a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States, with stay of execution, upon the filing of a supersedeas bond,” as described, and such a bond was filed and approved June 20, 1891. A petition for the allowance of the writ of error and an assignment of errors were filed in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court, July 3, 1891, and the writ of error bears test' and was,…
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- Jehiel Brooks, in Error v. Samuel NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1851
- Wauton v. DeWolfSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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