JOY v. ST. LOUIS

No. 204.

201 U.S. 332 (1906)

JOY v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.P. Johnson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles Claflin Allen, with whom Mr. Charles W. Bates and Mr. Henry W. Allen were on the brief, for defendants in error.


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

There is no diversity of citizenship in this case, and the only ground of jurisdiction claimed is that the action arises under the laws of the United States. The case is a pure action of ejectment, and the general rule in such actions, as to the complaint, is that the only facts necessary to be stated therein are, that plaintiff...

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