Turner v. Woodard
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from and in Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. In the matter of the petition of the United States for condemnation of certain lands in the township of Hull, title to which was in Benjamin P. Cheney, who became a bankrupt prior to the acquisition of the lands by the government.
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Appeals from and in Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. In the matter of the petition of the United States for condemnation of certain lands in the township of Hull, title to which was in Benjamin P. Cheney, who became a bankrupt prior to the acquisition of the lands by the government. Samuel Ross intervened, as did William D. Turner and Samuel M. Child, asserting rights in the funds paid into court by the United States, which were contested by Henry Woodard and others, who also intervened. Erom decrees denying their…
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
The entitling alone is enough to show that this is an extraordinary record to present to an appellate court. In earlier times, when technical rules of procedure were more strictly insisted upon, no appellate court would, on such a record, have considered the issues involved. This record is objectionable, not merely in form, but on some of the questions calling for determination the disclosure of facts is scant and most unsatisfactory. We have hesitated whether the case should not be remanded to the District Court for further hearing, or dismissed entirely on the ground…
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