MERCANTILE TRUST CO. v. CITY OF COLUMBUS

No. 50.

203 U.S. 311 (1906)

MERCANTILE TRUST & DEPOSIT COMPANY OF BALTIMORE v. CITY OF COLUMBUS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Packard, and Mr. Olin J. Wimberly, with whom Mr. Louis F. Garrard, and Mr. John I. Hall were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. W.A. Wimbish and Mr. J.H. Martin, with whom Mr. T.T. Miller was on the brief, for appellee.


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

The sole question arising herein is whether the Federal Circuit Court had the jurisdiction to determine the issue involved. That question alone has been certified to this court by the Circuit Court, under the provisions of the fifth section of the act of Congress of 1891. The grounds of the dismissal of the bill are set forth in...

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