Ex parte Grimball
Supreme Court of Alabama
Petition for a prohibition to the Chancery Court of Madison county. Prohibition to chancellor is sought, to restrain him from proceeding in suit of Cruse, trustee, against Moore, Grim-ball, Nison as administrator of Mrs. Grimball, and others, on the ground that Grimball, a non-resident, had petitioned for the removal of it under act of Congress into the Circuit Court of the United States.
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Petition for a prohibition to the Chancery Court of Madison county. Prohibition to chancellor is sought, to restrain him from proceeding in suit of Cruse, trustee, against Moore, Grim-ball, Nison as administrator of Mrs. Grimball, and others, on the ground that Grimball, a non-resident, had petitioned for the removal of it under act of Congress into the Circuit Court of the United States. The property involved was Mrs. Grimball’s portion of the estate of her father, David Moore, who died many years ago in Alabama. The trustee held, invested, and managed, it under provisions in the will, with…
1Opinion of the CourtManning, J.
The acts of Congress for the removal of causes from the courts of the States to those of the United States, require on the part of the judges of either government who may have to consider and act under them, candor and good temper. A jealousy of jurisdiction too susceptible of alarm and resentment, is apt to hurry those under its influence into error. The institutions of both governments are-established for the good of all: and it is the right of all to have them preserved and upheld in the performance of their respective proper functions. When, therefore, cases arise in which the question to…
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