Cuyler v. Atlantic & N. C. R.

PURNEEE, District Judge (orally).

The difficulty with members of the bar practicing in courts of common-law jurisdiction is the fact that *569the jurisdiction of this court is statutory stricti juris, and members of the bar do not carry statutes around with them as they do the principles of the common law, and seldom take the trouble to examine the statutes. The Circuit Court of the United States in this circuit, when there is a full bench, consists of the Chief Justice, Circuit Judge, and District Judge. In the absence of one, the other exercises the power of all three, as provided in section…