Howe v. Howe & Owen Ball Bearing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This is an appeal from a decree for the execution of a trust created by a conveyance, and for the specific performance of a contract to vest tlie tille to a patent for an invention in a corporation and to distribute its stock among those entitled thereto in accordance with their agreed interests.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. This is an appeal from a decree for the execution of a trust created by a conveyance, and for the specific performance of a contract to vest tlie tille to a patent for an invention in a corporation and to distribute its stock among those entitled thereto in accordance with their agreed interests. The contract was in these words: “For and in consideration of one dollar and other good and valuable considerations, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I hereby transfer, assign and set over to .Tames G.…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
The jurisdiction of the court below is challenged in the brief and argument, but the ruling of that court upon the question of jurisdiction is not assigned as error, and the questions regarding it now 'urged were probably never called to its attention. They are: Was there sufficient evidence that the value of the propert}'- in dispute was $2,000 exclusive of interest and costs? And was there sufficient evidence that the complainant Owen was a citizen and resident of a state other than Missouri, the state of the citizenship and residence of• the defendant Howe? The jurisdiction of a federal…
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