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SHIELDS v. COLEMAN

No. 793.

157 U.S. 168 (1895)

SHIELDS v. COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 18, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Heber J. May, Mr. John K. Shields, and Mr. Tully R. Cornick for appellant.

Mr. Henry H. Ingersoll for appellees.

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

The single question presented by this appeal is that of the jurisdiction of the Federal court to appoint a receiver, and take the railroad property out of the possession of the receiver appointed by the state court. In such cases, as was held in Maynard v. Hecht, 151 U.S. 324, it is essential that the question of jurisdiction alone should be...

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