Rothschild v. Knight
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. James McKeon was a retail merchant in Springfield, Massachusetts,- and became indebted to plaintiffs in error in the sum of about $4000. The indebtedness being overdue, Frank J.'Rothschild, Jr., son of one of the plaintiffs in error, went to Springfield with full power, to collect the debt. When there, he received from McKeon a quantity of fur garments, part of McKeon’s stock.
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ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. James McKeon was a retail merchant in Springfield, Massachusetts,- and became indebted to plaintiffs in error in the sum of about $4000. The indebtedness being overdue, Frank J.'Rothschild, Jr., son of one of the plaintiffs in error, went to Springfield with full power, to collect the debt. When there, he received from McKeon a quantity of fur garments, part of McKeon’s stock. The garments had not been purchased of plaintiffs in error, and when they were received by Rothschild, Jr., for plaintiffs in error he knew McKeon was…
1Opinion of the Court
■ Mr. Justice McKenna,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
A motion is made to dismiss the writ of error upon the ground that no Federal question was raised in the Superior Court. Federal questions were raised, however, on writ of error to the Supreme Court, and that, we think, was a sufficient claim. Meyer v. Richmond, 172 U. S. 82; Arrowsmith v. Harmoning, 118 U. S. 194; Sully v. American National Bank, 178 U. S. 289.
The objection that the writ of error should have been directed to the Supreme Court and not to the Superior Court is answered by McDonald v.…
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