Beebe v. Russell
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Arkansas, sitting in chancery. The bill was filed by William Russell against Roswell Beebe, Mary W. W.'Ashley, Henry C. Ashley, William E. Ashley* George C. Watkins, and Mary A. Ereeman, praying that they might be ordered to convey to the complainant certain pieces of property, which, it was alleged, they fraudulently withheld from him, and account for the rents and profits.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Arkansas, sitting in chancery. The bill was filed by William Russell against Roswell Beebe, Mary W. W.'Ashley, Henry C. Ashley, William E. Ashley* George C. Watkins, and Mary A. Ereeman, praying that they might be ordered to convey to the complainant certain pieces of property, which, it was alleged, they fraudulently withheld from him, and account for the rents and profits. The Circuit Court decreed that the defendants should execute certain conveyances, surrender possession, and then proceeded to refer the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbis is an appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for the, district of Arkansas.
"We find, from- our examination of tbe record, that tbe decree from which tbis appeal has been'taken is not final, within tbe meaning of the acts of Congress of 1789 and 1833. It ' will-therefore be dismissed for a wánt of jurisdiction. Tbe right of appeal is conferred, defined, and regulated, by the sec- . ond section of tbe act of March 2d, 1803, - which, however, adopts and applies tbe regulations prescribed by tbe 22d, 23d, and 24th sections of the judiciary act…
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