Baker v. Biddle
United States Circuit Court
In equity. The substance of the case stated in the bill was the following. Valentine Eckert was the owner of a valuable farm in Berks county, on which there were heavy incumbrances by judgment; his son-in-law, Isaac Baker, who resided in Virginia, on the 27th of April 1819, caused 2800 dollars to be put into the hands of the defendant, to be so applied as to prevent a forced sale of the property, and to protect Baker from loss; that the trust was accepted by the defendant,…
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In equity. The substance of the case stated in the bill was the following. Valentine Eckert was the owner of a valuable farm in Berks county, on which there were heavy incumbrances by judgment; his son-in-law, Isaac Baker, who resided in Virginia, on the 27th of April 1819, caused 2800 dollars to be put into the hands of the defendant, to be so applied as to prevent a forced sale of the property, and to protect Baker from loss; that the trust was accepted by the defendant, who agreed to procure assignments of the judgments, which he was directed to pay out of the money he received. By the…
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Circuit Justice.
The first question made in this cause is jurisdiction, which is an important one that ought to be settled to prevent its recurrence in other eases. By the second section of the third article of the constitution, the judicial power of the United States is extended to all cases *444in equity2 between persons therein described; it also authorizes congress to establish inferior courts. In execution of this power circuit courts have been established by the judiciary act of 1798, [1 Stat. 73,] with jurisdiction over all cases in equity, by the eleventh section, but it must be…
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