Merrihew v. Fort

NEWMAN, District Judge.

Subject to certain informalities, which will be hereafter mentioned, this is a suit to foreclose a mortgage on real estate in the city of Atlanta, in the Northern district of Georgia, and to remove a cloud upon the title to the same; the complainant being a citizen and resident of the state of New York, and the defendant a citizen and resident of the Southern district of Georgia. Service was perfected by serving the defendant personally with a copy of the subpoena In Macon, in the Southern district.

The first question is as to the jurisdiction of the court to entertain…