CENTRAL TRUST CO. v. ANDERSON COUNTY

No. 178.

268 U.S. 93 (1925)

CENTRAL UNION TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.B. Dabney and Mr. H.M. Garwood, for appellant, submitted.

Mr. Nelson Phillips, with whom Messrs. Murphy W. Townsend, A.G. Greenwood, and A.M. Barton were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The complaint in this case was filed as ancillary to and dependent on a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage on railroad properties. On the motion of defendants, the district court held that it had no jurisdiction and dismissed the cause. This is an appeal from that decree. The question of jurisdiction alone is certified. Judicial Code, § 238.

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