Moore-Mansfield Construction Co. v. Electrical Installation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court of direct appeals from the District Court under § 247, Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
The primary question concerns the jurisdiction of this court to entertain this as a direct appeal from the District Court.
The decree below was rendered under a general creditors’ bill, by which the assets of the Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Western Traqtion Company, an insolvent Indiana corporation, had been impounded, its debts ascertained and the order of payment determined. Among the creditors proving their debts were some claiming liens. One was the Marion Trust Company, trustee under a general mortgage securing an issue of mortgage bonds. Another creditor was this appellant, the…
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