Merriman v. Chicago & E. I. R.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Two bills heard together, — one by Corydon O. Merriman and others against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Eailroad Company, and the other by the same plaintiffs against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Eailroad Company, Edwin Walker, Joseph E. Young, and the National City Bank of Ottawa, Ill. From the decree, complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Two bills heard together, — one by Corydon O. Merriman and others against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Eailroad Company, and the other by the same plaintiffs against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Eailroad Company, Edwin Walker, Joseph E. Young, and the National City Bank of Ottawa, Ill. From the decree, complainants appeal. The decree from which this appeal was taken was rendered by Mr. Justice Harlan, sitting in the circuit court, on the 18th of June, 18u2. It dismissed the original and amended and…
1Opinion of the Court
After making tbe foregoing statement, the opinion of the court was delivered by
BAKER, District Judge;
This court, by the organic act creating it, is vested with power to exercise appellate jurisdiction to review by appeal or by writ of *547error final decisions of the district courts and of the existing circuit courts in all cases other than those provided for in the fifth, section of the organic act, unless otherwise provided for by law. 26 Stat. 828, § 6. The limitation upon the appellate jurisdiction of this court provided for in section 5 has relation to certain classes of causes wherein the…
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