Broadway National Bank v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY, filed June 18, 1880, by a corporation having its usual place of business in Boston in this Commonwealth, against Charles W. Adams of Galveston in the State of Texas, and Thomas W. Peirce of Topsfield in this Commonwealth, alleging that Adams was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, on certain promissory notes signed by him; that Peirce, as trustee under the will of Seth Adams, held the sum of $75,000, in trust to invest the same in such manner as…
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Bill in EQUITY, filed June 18, 1880, by a corporation having its usual place of business in Boston in this Commonwealth, against Charles W. Adams of Galveston in the State of Texas, and Thomas W. Peirce of Topsfield in this Commonwealth, alleging that Adams was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000, on certain promissory notes signed by him; that Peirce, as trustee under the will of Seth Adams, held the sum of $75,000, in trust to invest the same in such manner as to him might seem prudent, and to pay the net income thereof semiannually to the defendant Adams during his natural…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
The question whether the petitions for removal present a case in which this court is obliged by the Constitution and laws of the United States to surrender its jurisdiction and proceed no further in the cause, is one which must be determined by this court in the first instance, though subject to revision by the Supreme Court of the United States on writ of error. Stone v. Sargent, 129 Mass. 503, and cases cited.
The only provision of the Constitution of the United States under which the jurisdiction of the Federal courts can be invoked in this case, is that which ordains that the judicial…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Meyer v. Construction CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Nichols v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Case of the Sewing MacHine CompaniesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Bryant v. RichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Phœnix Insurance v. AbbottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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- Brown v. SteckLerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
- Ellis v. Atlantic & Pacific RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Greene v. KlingerUnited States Circuit Court · 1882
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