BEGG v. NEW YORK CITY

No. 5.

262 U.S. 196 (1923)

BEGG ET AL., RECEIVERS OF MANHATTAN & QUEENS TRACTION CORPORATION, v. CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lindley M. Garrison, with whom Mr. Watson B. Robinson, Mr. Robert S. Sloan, Mr. Arthur J. Egan, Mr. Charles A. Boston and Mr. Charles A. Frueauff were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Vincent Victory, with whom Mr. John P. O'Brien was on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the threshold of the hearing the appellees moved to dismiss this appeal, upon the ground that jurisdiction depends entirely upon diversity of citizenship and the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals is therefore final.

The appellants were appointed receivers of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corporation in a suit in equity brought against it in the United States District Court for the Eastern...

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