Glass v. Concordia Parish Police Jury
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. ■ This was a suit brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana by William C. Glass, a citizen of the State of Missouri, against the parish of Concordia, to recover on certain warrants or orders foi levee work; and, having been dismissed for want of jurisdiction, came to this court on the following certificate: “This cause was tried at the present…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. ■ This was a suit brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana by William C. Glass, a citizen of the State of Missouri, against the parish of Concordia, to recover on certain warrants or orders foi levee work; and, having been dismissed for want of jurisdiction, came to this court on the following certificate: “This cause was tried at the present term of the court solely on the defendant’s exception to the jurisdiction of the court, and it appearing from the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
Counsel for plaintiff in error state in their argument: “We concede that neither Carr, his. heirs, nor the administrator- of his estate, nor the sheriff who made' the sale, nor the -judge who. ordered the sale, possessed the necessary citizenship to sue on- the warrants in the Circuit Court at the time this action was brought. But we assert oh principle, that a purchaser at a sale made by authority of a probate court derives title from none of these sources, but takes title by the adjudication of the law acting directly, in rem, upon the property itself.”
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mexican National Railroad v. DavidsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bushnell v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Sere & Laralde v. PitotSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Smith v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Corbin v. County of Black HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
- Irvine v. BankardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maryland · 1910
- Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Sundry Ins. Cos.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina · 1901
- Hollingsworth v. Multa Trina Ditch Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Brown v. BeacomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1909