Legal Opinion
Thomson v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1943No. 12435PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, who were some of the heirs at law of Laura E. Saltonstall, deceased, brought suit in federal court to annul a judgment of a state circuit court of Missouri, which upheld the validity of a will of the decedent, 1 and to enjoin the devisees and legatees from claiming any part of the estate under such will and judgment.
Federal jurisdiction was claimed to exist upon two separate grounds: (1) That there was diversity of citizenship, and (2) that the suit was in any event one arising under the Constitution of the United States. 2 The substance of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Pyle v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Indianapolis v. Chase Nat. BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- City of Indianapolis v. Chase National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, and Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation v. Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, Deceased, and Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation, Western Mutual Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, a Corporation, Masid Chevrolet-Oldsmobile & Cadillac, Inc., a Corporation, and Amelia G. Wagner, Henry Gritzfeld, Jr., and Katherine G. Linder, as Executors of the Estate of Henry Gritzfeld, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Iowa Public Service Co. v. Medicine Bow Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- William J. Dryden v. Margaret B. Dryden, Theodore Loving Dryden and David L. DrydenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Miller v. MunzerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1952
- Blatt v. HaileSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
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