HASSALL v. WILCOX


115 U.S. 598 (1885)

HASSALL, Trustee, v. WILCOX & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Hallett Phillips for the motions.

Mr. George Biddle opposing.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. The grounds of the motion to dismiss are:

1. That the appeal is improperly taken in the name of Hassall, trustee, as it is apparent he has no interest in the decree; and

2. That the amounts involved are not sufficient to give this court jurisdiction.

The controversy is between Hassall, the trustee in a railroad mortgage, who intervened in a suit brought by one of the bondholders for a foreclosure...

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