Gray v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions

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1. ““Leaving out of view those states in which the justice may he ousted of his jurisdiction by some action of the defendant which puts the title to real estate in issue, it seems to be the fair result of the decisions that the question of jurisdiction under statutes like our own is to he determined by the declaration, and whenever it is necessary for the plaintiff, in order to make good his declaration, to go into the question of title, whether by way of proving it or disproving it, the title to land is involved, and the justice has no jurisdiction. When this test is applied to the present case, it is evident that the title to land was necessarily involved. As the court below instructed the jury, it was impossible for the plaintiff to recover if he did receive a good title by way of the deed in question.” [ 45 App.D.C. at 505 ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schwartz v. Murphy