Hall v. Ames
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine. Suit in equity by James M. W. Hall and others against Alfred K. Ames and others. IDecree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, District Judge.
[1] This case in effect raises the question whether the Circuit Court of the United States, under an independent and original bill, lias authority, and ought, to review the proceedings, orders, and decrees of a state court of general jurisdiction, for the purpose of finding whether, in the course of the proceedings in that court, there was error in dealing with the subject-matter with which the litigation was concerned.
The opinion of the learned judge of the Circuit Court (182 Fed. 1008) shows an exhaustive examination of the questions now raised before us, and the…
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