VICKSBURG WATERWORKS CO. v. VICKSBURG

No. 392.

185 U.S. 65 (1902)

VICKSBURG WATERWORKS COMPANY v. VICKSBURG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Carr for appellant. Mr. S.S. Hudson and Mr. A.N. Edwards were on his brief.

Mr. L.W. Magruder for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The sole question for our consideration is whether the bill, as originally filed and as amended, presented a Federal question. As the party plaintiff and the party defendant were both corporations and citizens of the same State, the Circuit Court of the United States could not take jurisdiction of the controversy between them, unless the complainant laid grounds for that...

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