Brock v. Northwestern Fuel Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The Northwestern Fuel Company, a Minnesota corporation, brought this action, February 18, 1882, to recover .from the plaintiffs in error, citizens of Iowa, the sum of $1309.50, alleged' 'to be due under a written.contract, made.July 21,1881, between the lattér and the What Cheer Land and Coal Company, a corporation alleged to be “doing business'in. the State of Iowa; ” the benefits of which…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. The Northwestern Fuel Company, a Minnesota corporation, brought this action, February 18, 1882, to recover .from the plaintiffs in error, citizens of Iowa, the sum of $1309.50, alleged' 'to be due under a written.contract, made.July 21,1881, between the lattér and the What Cheer Land and Coal Company, a corporation alleged to be “doing business'in. the State of Iowa; ” the benefits of which contract were assigned by that company to the plaintiff. The contract related to coal to be mined by the What Cheer Land…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
stated the case as above reported and delivered the opinion of the court.
The act of 1875 declares that no Circuit or District Court shall have “cognizance of any suit founded on contract in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover thereon if no assignment had been made, except in cases of promissory notes negotiable by the' law merchant and bills of exchange.” 18 Stat. 470. It does not appear that the What Cheer Land and Coal Company, the plaintiffs’ assignor, could' have brought suit on the contract in question, if no assignment had been made.…
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