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HENDERSON v. CARBONDALE COAL & COKE CO.

Nos. 247, 248.

140 U.S. 25 (1891)

HENDERSON v. CARBONDALE COAL AND COKE COMPANY. HITCHCOCK v. CARBONDALE COAL AND COKE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James McCartney for appellant Ethan A. Hitchcock.

Mr. W.W. Barr for appellants Henderson and others submitted on his brief.

Mr. H.J. May for appellees. Mr. A.H. Garland, Mr. Charles S. Taussig and Mr. James Taussig were on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

A preliminary question in the first case requires notice: Is the amount in controversy sufficient to give this court jurisdiction of this appeal? What is the subject matter of the controversy? Evidently the leasehold interests held by the Coal and Coke Company. What is the value of those interests? The pleadings in the intervention proceedings do not disclose it. In the order allowing...

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