Rector v. Lipscomb
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The court stated the case as follows: On April 29, 1884, appellant filed his bill in the Circuit.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The court stated the case as follows: On April 29, 1884, appellant filed his bill in the Circuit. Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging that he was the equitable owner of lot 10, in block 125, in the town of Hot Springs, Arkansas, that the legal title stood in the name of defendant, and praying that she be adjudged a trustee for his benefit, and ordered to convey the premises to him. On the final hearing a decree was entered, dismissing the bill. Nearly two years…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The motion to dismiss the appeal must be sustained. Upon the entire testimony finally presented to the Circuit Court, and transmittéd in tfie record original and supplemental to this court, the proof is overwhelming that the value of the property did not exceed five thousand dollars; and this positive testimony is reinforced by all that appears in the case in respect to its situation and condition. There is little room for doubt on this matter,'notwithstanding the opinion of appellant that the property is worth over five thousand dollars. It is not in the power of the Circuit Court to…
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