Mississippi Mills v. Cohn
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TIIE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The facts in this case are as follows: On March 29, 1881, Joel Wood and William H. Lee, citizens of the State of Missouri, .partners as Wood & Lee, obtained a judgment in the Eighth District Court of the parish of East Carroll, Louisiana, against Simon Cohn, a citizen of the State of Louisiana, for $539.25, with interest, for goods sold by them to him on Octo ber 30, 18S0. On April 2,…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TIIE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The facts in this case are as follows: On March 29, 1881, Joel Wood and William H. Lee, citizens of the State of Missouri, .partners as Wood & Lee, obtained a judgment in the Eighth District Court of the parish of East Carroll, Louisiana, against Simon Cohn, a citizen of the State of Louisiana, for $539.25, with interest, for goods sold by them to him on Octo ber 30, 18S0. On April 2, 1881, S. B. Newman and S. D. Stockman, composing the firm of S. B. Newman & Co., also obtained a judgment in the same…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
No appearance has been made for the appellees in this court, and we should be at a loss to know the grounds for the decision of the Circuit Court were it not for the opinion of District Judge Boarman, before whom the case was heard, 39 Fed. Rep. 865, which gives his reasons for entering the decree of dismissal.
It may be premised that no objection arises on account of th¿ amount in controversy in either suit, for at the time these suits were brought the Circuit Court had jurisdiction where such amount exceeded the sum of five hundred dollars. Rev'. Stat. § 629. Nor can there be any doubt of…
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