Church v. Kelsey
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. This was a motion to dismiss, to which was united a motion to affirm. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
If we understand correctly the questions on which, it is claimed, our jurisdiction in this case rests, they are: 1. That the provision in § 1, Art. XIY of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, that a state shall not “ deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law,” prevents the State of Pennsylvania from giving jurisdiction to a court of equity of a suit brought by the owner of an equitable interest in land to establish his rights against the holder of the legal title, because it deprives the holder of the legal title of the right to a trial by…
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