Sutton v. English
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The United States District Court dismissed for want of jurisdiction a bill in equity brought by appellants, and certified in substance that the dismissal was based upon the ground that.the bill and its exhibits disclosed no infraction of any right arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States; that the matter was cognizable solely in the county court of Collin County, Texas, a court of probate jurisdiction; and that the record disclosed no diversity of citizenship .upon which the. federal jurisdiction might be based, because it appeared that one of the defendants who should be…
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