Whitsitt v. Union Depot & Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. Bill in equity. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This was a suit in equity begun by Richard E. Whitsitt, then in life, and James Meskew, to quiet their possession of certain lots in Denver, Colorado. A decree was entered October 6, 1880, dismissing the bill. From that decree the complainants took an appeal to this court, which whs dismissed at October Term, 1880, because it did not appear that the value of the matter in dispute exceeded $5000. Whitsitt v. Railroad Company, 103 U. S. 770. On the 20th of July, 1881, Emma C. Whitsitt appeared in the Circuit Court, and, suggesting the death of Richard E. Whitsitt, asked to be anade a. party to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Scarborough v. PargoudSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Whitsitt v. Railroad CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1881
3Cited by2 opinions
- Butt v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern West Virginia · 1904
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1919