PRINCESS LIDA v. THOMPSON

No. 118.

305 U.S. 456 (1939)

PRINCESS LIDA OF THURN AND TAXIS ET AL. v. THOMPSON ET AL., TRUSTEES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Tuttle, with whom Mr. Gerald J. Craugh was on the brief, for petitioners.

Messrs. Dean D. Sturgis and W. Brown Higbee for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether the exercise of jurisdiction by a state court over the administration of a trust deprives a federal court of jurisdiction of a later suit involving the same subject matter.

December 6, 1906, Gerald P. Fitzgerald, a citizen of Ireland, and his wife Lida, entered into an agreement with each other and with Josiah V. Thompson, Charles E. Lenhart, and Fitzgerald, as...

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