Hassall v. Wilcox
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EBOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OE TEXAS. This was a motion to dismiss, with which was united a motion to affirm. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The grounds of the motion to dismiss are:
1. That the appeal is improperly taken in the' name of Hassall, trustee, as it is apparent he has no interest in the decree; and
2. That the amounts involved are not sufficient to give this court jurisdiction.
The controversy is between Hassall, the trustee in a railroad mortgage, who intervened in a suit brought by one of the bondholders for a foreclosure, and certain creditors of the railroad company claiming superior liens on the mortgaged property. • The trustee came into the suit' by agreement, and, with leave of the court, “as a party complainant.”…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. WatermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
3Cited by9 opinions
- Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Gibson v. ShufeldtSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Hassall v. WilcoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Press v. WoodleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Feely v. BryanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
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