Heidritter v. Elizabeth Oil-Cloth Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. This was an action of ejectment for the recovery of certain real, estate and the improvements thereon, situated in the City of Elizabeth, in New Jersey, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error in the Supreme Court of that State and removed thence into the Circuit Court of the United States on the ground that the case was one arising under the Constitution and laws of…
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. This was an action of ejectment for the recovery of certain real, estate and the improvements thereon, situated in the City of Elizabeth, in New Jersey, brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error in the Supreme Court of that State and removed thence into the Circuit Court of the United States on the ground that the case was one arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States. The 'cause was submitted to the court, the intervention of a jury having been waived. The facts…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued :
The information alleged violations of numerous sections of the internal revenue laws, ivhich it is not necessary to mention further than to say, that on its face it disclosed a case for a forfeiture under those laws of the property described in it, clearly within the jurisdiction of the court.
The precise question thus arising, is, whether the-plaintiff in error acquired the legal title to the premises in controversy, by virtue of the deed from the sheriff of Union County, and the judgments and proceedings on which it was based.
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