Teague v. Anderson Hardware Co.

NEWMAN, District Judge.

This is a plenary suit in equity, brought by a trustee in bankruptcy appointed in a case pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He sues to recover on a bond which was to stand in lieu of certain property in controversy in the bankruptcy court in Alabama, and the case is now before this court on demurrer.

The question at the threshold of Ihe case is whether or not the court in this district has jurisdiction. While I was very doubtful on this question during the argument, the more I have considered it and the more I have examined…