Galveston Wharf Co. v. City of Galveston

This is an appeal from adecree of the District Court dismissing a bill in equity for want of jurisdiction, on the ground that the bill states no federal question., The ground appears by the decree and also by the certificate of the Judge. Act of March 3, 1911, c. 231, (the Judicial. Code), § 238, 36 Stat; 1087, 1157; amended by Act of January 28, 1915, c. 22, 38 Stat. 803, 804.

The bill alleges a contract embodied by consent in a decree of April 1, 1869, that compromised á suit brought by the city against the present plaintiff, the Galveston Wharf Company, the appellant, concerning flats in…