Ingersoll v. Coram
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. The petitioner, as administratrix of the estate of Robert G. Ingersoll, deceased, sued the respondents and certain other persons, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, to subject certain interests in the estate of Andrew J. Davis to a lien which is alleged to have accrued to her intestate by the agreement which is set out in the opinion, and by the laws of…
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CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT. The petitioner, as administratrix of the estate of Robert G. Ingersoll, deceased, sued the respondents and certain other persons, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, to subject certain interests in the estate of Andrew J. Davis to a lien which is alleged to have accrued to her intestate by the agreement which is set out in the opinion, and by the laws of Montana, in which State the services were rendered. Andrew J. Davis, a man of great wealth, a citizen of Montana, died,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
A question of jurisdiction occurs. It was discussed somewhat, in the original briefs of counsel, but questions were submitted to them as appropriate to elicit further discussion. 1 We find it, however, more convenient and more conducive to brevity, in passing on the question of jurisdiction, to be somewhat general. The petitioner (and her intestate) were citizens of New York. The defendants in the suit below, nine in number, were citizens of Massachusetts. Coram was a citizen of Massachusetts. Root and Andrew J. Davis, trustee, were citizens of Montana. Leyson'was also a citizen of Montana.…
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