Merritt v. American Steel-Barge Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge.
This is a motion to dismiss the writ of error upon the alleged ground that the determination of the case “involves the construction or application of the constitution of the United States,” and that the case is not within the appellate jurisdiction of this court. The question presented by the motion is novel and important. It arises in this wise: The suit was brought in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Minnesota, by Alfred Merritt and Leonidas Merritt, the plaintiffs in error, against the American Steel-Barge Company, the defendant in error, to…
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