ROOT v. WOOLWORTH

No. 77.

150 U.S. 401 (1893)

ROOT v. WOOLWORTH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 27, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Upton M. Young and Mr. George W. Covell, for appellant.

Mr. Burton N. Harrison, (with whom was Mr. James L. Woolworth on the brief,) for appellee.


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

It is not necessary to notice or consider separately the numerous assignments of error presented by the appellant. They may be reduced to the following propositions: (1) That the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the bill, because it is in the nature of an ejectment bill, and that there is a full...

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