Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. Bell

Citations

• 176 U.S. 321
• 20 S. Ct. 399
• 44 L. Ed. 486
• 1900 U.S. LEXIS 1740

Syllabus

<p>As the plaintiffs in the Circuit Court claimed in their declaration that the controversy ivas one that turned on the construction of the laws of the United States, and as both courts below dealt with the case on that assumption, this court has jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of . Appeals.</p> <p>As the plaintiffs, some of whom were citizens of Florida, and some of whom were citizens of Texas, elected to assert a joint claim to land in Florida in dispute in this case, which was commenced before the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District' of Florida, and carried by appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and as they recovered a joint judgment for*their undivided interests therein, and as the plaintiffs’ declaration disclosed no Federal question, the principles settled in the cases cited by the court in its opinion apply, and compel a'dismissal of the suit for want of jurisdiction in the Circuit Court.</p>