Johnson v. Christian

Citations

• 125 U.S. 642
• 8 S. Ct. 989
• 31 L. Ed. 820
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2048

Syllabus

<p>In a suit in equity, in a Circuit Court, to obtain a release of land from liability under a deed of trust, the plaintiff had a decree. On an appeal to this court by .the defendant, no evidence of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court on the ground of citizenship was found in the record. This court reversed the decree with costs, and remanded the case for further proceedings.</p> <p>The decree reversing the decree of the Circuit Court in this-case on the ground-that the record contained no evidence of the jurisdiction of that court was then vacated, because the record showed that the suit was brought to restrain the enforcement of a judgment in-ejectment recovered in the same Circuit Court. ■</p>