Hale v. Tyler

Citations

• 115 F. 833
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 4977

Syllabus

<p>1. Federal Courts — Equity Jurisdiction — Effect of State Statutes.</p> <p>The inherent jurisdiction in equity of courts of the United States cannot be narrowed by state laws conferring jurisdiction of certain matters upon a particular state court, even though such jurisdiction is made exclusive so far as the state courts are concerned.1</p> <p>3. Same — Creditors’ Suit to Reach Lards of Decedent — Possession of Probate Court.</p> <p>Where the requisite diversity of citizenship exists, a federal court of equity has jurisdiction of a suit brought by a creditor of a decedent, on behalf of all creditors who may come in, to set aside a conveyance of real estate made by the deceased in his lifetime, and alleged to have been fraudulent, notwithstanding the pendency of probate proceedings on his estate in a state court, where such court has granted no license to sell such real estate, nor otherwise taken possession of it; and such jurisdiction is not affected by the fact that, under the statutes-of the state, a state court of equity would not have jurisdiction.</p>