Maynard v. Hecht
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. Motion to dismiss. Charles Hecht filed his petition in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, October 14, 1890, against the plaintiffs in error, alleging that the amount in controversy in the suit exceeded the sum or value of $2000 exclusive of interest and costs, and that he had been damaged in the sum of $2500 by reason of the purchase upon defendants’ false and…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. Motion to dismiss. Charles Hecht filed his petition in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska, October 14, 1890, against the plaintiffs in error, alleging that the amount in controversy in the suit exceeded the sum or value of $2000 exclusive of interest and costs, and that he had been damaged in the sum of $2500 by reason of the purchase upon defendants’ false and fraudulent representations in writing of certain land for which he paid the sum of $1800, and which turned out to be without…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Under section five of the Judiciary Act of March 3, 1891, a writ of error can be taken directly to this court from the Circuit Courts only in the six classes of cases therein mentioned, and the contention is that the writ may be sustained in this case as.falling within the first,class, described in that section as follows: “ In any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue; in such case the question of-jurisdiction alone shall be certified to the Supreme Court from the court below for decision.” According to that provision the question involving the jurisdiction of the Circuit…
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