Weir v. Rountree
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Bill1 was filed by the express company to restrain Mrs. Rountree from bringing suit against the company, which was directed te be dismissed for want of jurisdiction because there was no- diversity of citizenship and no Federal ground for jurisdiction. Rountree v. Adams Express Co., 165 Fed. Rep. 152. From this decree no appeal was taken.
A second suit on the same alleged cause of action was then brought in the name of the officers of the company, Levi C. Weir and others, alleging their diverse citizenship. The second suit was dismissed by the Circuit Court and carried to the Circuit…
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