Muller v. Dows
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The decree made below is assailed here for several reasons. The first is, that the court had no jurisdiction of the suit, in consequence of the want of proper and necessary citizenship of the parties. This objection was not taken in the Circuit Court, but it is of such a nature, that, if well founded, it must be regarded as fatal- to the decree. The bill avers that Dows and Winston, two of the complainants, are citizens and residents of the State of New York, and that Burnes, the other complainant, is a citizen and resident of the State of Missouri. The two original defendants, the Chicago…
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