Boston Safe-Deposit & Trust Co. v. City of Racine
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
This was a suit in equity by the Boston Safe-Deposit & Trust Company against the city of Racine and the Racine Wafer Company. On final heáring.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, District Judge.
This cause is brought on for final hearing with voluminous testimony and extended argument upon the merits; but a question of jurisdiction is presented in the closing argument on behalf of the defendant city of Racine which bars all further inquiry, if the proposition is well founded that the complainant and the defendant Racine Water Company must be aligned on the same side of “the real matter in dispute,” as disclosed by their pleadings, attitude, and interests. Railroad Co. v. Ketchum, 101 U. S. 289, 298, 24 L. Ed. 347.
The complainant is a corporation of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pacific Railroad v. KetchumSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Consolidated Water Co. v. BabcockU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1896
- Pacific Railroad of Missouri v. KetchumSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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- Mahon v. Guaranty Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1917
- Chase Nat. Bank v. Citizens Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938