Chamberlin v. Q. & C. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by Walter H. Chamberlin and another against the Q. & C. Company and others. Bill dismissed and complainants appeal.
1Per curiam
Appellant’s bill involved a controversy over which .,the District Court would have no jurisdiction unless there was the requisite diversity of citizenship. Appellees Quincy and Q. & C. Company moved to dismiss the bill, “upon the ground that it involves a controversy between citizens of the same state.” The motion was sustained, and the decree which is brought here for review “dismissed the bill for want of jurisdiction.”
Whether the facts set forth in the bill presented a case which under the Constitution and statutes of the United States was cognizable in a federal court is a question that…
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