Manila Investment Co. v. Trammell
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States in cases involving constitutional questions, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion by
Mr. Justice Day,
by direction of the court.
This case-was begun in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, upon a bill praying to have the title to certain lands decreed to be held in trust for complainant by the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida, and to recover lands deeded to others but likewise held in trust for complainants. The court below dismissed the bill for want of jurisdiction.
An examination of. the bill shows that the ground of recovery rests upon the allegation that the trustees contracted to…
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