Maxwell v. McDaniels
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from tHe Circuit Court .of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Philippi. Suit in equity by Isaac McDaniels against Charles D. Gillaspie, Isaac C. Woodford, and others. Decree for complainant, and defendants Woodford and Claude W. Maxwell, trustee in bankruptcy for defendant Gillaspie appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, District Judge.
There are 21. assignments of error. We find it unnecessary to consider any of them except the first which denies that the court below had any right to entertain the cause. It may be assumed that the allegations of the bill of complaint as to diversity Of citizenship and as to the amount in controversy are prima facie sufficient to sustain the jurisdiction of the court below as a court of the United States. Does the bill allege anything which can invoke its jurisdiction as a court of equity?
In his bill of complaint the complainant says that some three years before three of…
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