Legal Opinion

Adams v. Crittenden

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 18, 1882No. 806PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

This case was submitted under Rule 20, but on looking into the record we find that we have no jurisdiction. The suit was begun in equity by an assignee in bankruptcy and a purchaser of certain lands sold under an order of the bankrupt court, to restrain the defendant Crittenden from enforcing a decree in his favor against the property for $1,828.93, and the defendant Weaver from enforcing another decree in her favor for $2,348.10. The decrees to be enjoined were entirely separate and distinct from each other, one having been rendered in á suit instituted by Crittenden, and the other in a suit…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Stewart v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Gibson v. ShufeldtSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Hawley v. FairbanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. Henderson v. WadsworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Putney v. WhitmireU.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1895

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