Rosenbaum v. Bauer

Citations

• 120 U.S. 450
• 7 S. Ct. 633
• 30 L. Ed. 743
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1990

Syllabus

<p>A Circuit Court of the United States cannot acquire jurisdiction, by re- ■ moval from a state court, under § 2 of the act of March 3, 1875, c. 137 (18 Stat. 470) of. an original proceeding to obtain a mandamus against ■the treasurer or the.board of supervisors of a city, to compel them to take action, iii accordance with a statute of the state, to pay the interest or principal of bonds issued by the city.</p> <p>¡Secti.on 716 of the Revised Statutes, giving power to a Circuit Court to issue all writs not specifically provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction, and agreeable to the usages and principles of law, construed in connection with §§ 1 aiid 2 of the act of 1875, operates to prevent the issuing by the Circuit Court of a writ of mandamus, except in aid of a jurisdiction previously acquired by that court.</p>