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improperly admitted, and merely state that the court "erred in aQ4 mitting testimony produced by the plaintiff against the objections ()f the defendant." In view of the numerous objections of this class which appear in the record, we are not disposed to relax the rule which requires the particular errors relied upon to be specifically, pointed out in the assignments of error. Rule 11 provides that, when the error alleged is to the admission or to the rejection of evidence, "the assignment of errors shall quote the full substance of the admitted or rejected." 11 O. C. A. ciL, 47 Fed. vL It is argued in the brief of counsel that the verdict is not supported by any testimony showing damages to the plaintiff. This argument proceeds upon the theory that the plaintiff was allowed to recover without evidence tending to prove what it would have cost to complete the railway conformably to the terms of the original contract, and by proof tending to show what it would have cost to complete it with modifications of grade. No such question was raised upon the trial, and there is no exception or ruling in the case which suggests that it was brought to the attention of the trial' judge. No sufl:icient reasons appear for a reversal of the judgment, and accordingly it is affirmed. SALMON v. MILLS et al. (CONDON, Interpleader). (Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. No. 545. January 25, 1895.)
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WRIT OJ' ERROR-WHAT ORDERS REVIEWABLE-ATTACHMENT.
S. brought an action against M., and sued out an attachment, which was levied on property alleged to belong to M. C. filed an interplea, pursuant to the local practice, claiming such property. JUdgment was entered in the action in favor of S., but accompanied by an order holding the attachment ODen. and reserving the issue on the interplea for trial. An order was afterwards made dissolving the attachment. Held, that such order, which determined the rightfulness of the attachment, the only issue between the plaintiff and defendant remaining after the jUdgment, was a final order, and SUbject to review as such by the circuit court of appeals. A judgment was also entered in favor of the Interpleader against the plaintiff on the issue raised by the interplea. Held, that such judgment was final, and subject to review as such by the circuit court of appeals.
I.
SAME-JUDGME:NT.
In Error to the United States Court in the Indian Territor,l. On motion to dismiss writ of error. Nelson Case, for the motion. George E. Nelson, opposed. Before CALDWELL, SANBORN, and THAYER, Circuit Judges. SANBORN, Circuit Judge. A motion is made to dismiss the writ of error to review the order dissolving the attachment in this case, on the ground that the court has no jurisdiction, because the order appealed from was not a final decision. The plaintiff, Salmon, brought an action May 2, 1889, against the defendants.
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OCbraham Mills and Jackson Mills, and on May 24, 1890, recovered a final judgment against the defendants for the amount claimed. Prior to the entry of this judgment the plaintiff had caused an at· tachment to be levied on certain property, which he claimed to the property of the defendants, and O. M. Condon had :tiled an inter· plea, in which he claimed to be the owner of the property. When the final judgment against the defendants' was rendered an order was made holding the attachment proceedings open for any appropriate action, and reserving the issue on thE' interplea for trial. An order was subsequently made dissolving the attachment, and then a judgment was rendered in favor of the interpleader. After the final judgment was rendered against the defendants, the only issue undetermined between plaintiff and defendants was whether or not the plaintiff had rightfully sued out his attachment, and had thereby obtained a lien on the attached property to secure the payment of the judgment. The order dissolving the attachment finally determined this question, and left no issue for adjudication between these parties. The act creating the circuit courts of ap· peals provides: ''That the circuit courts of appeals established by this act shall exercise appellate jurisdiction to review by appeal or by writ of error final decision In the district court and the existing circuit courts in all cases other than those provided for In the preceding- section of tbls act unless otherwise provided by law." 26 Stat. c. 517, § 6; Supp. Rev. St. p. 903, § 6.
In Standley v. Roberts, 59 Fed. 836, 839, 8 C. C. A. 305, this court held that: "An order, judgment, or decree which leaves the rights of the parties to the suit affected by it undetermined,-one which does not substantially and com· pletely determine the rights of the parties affected by it in that sutt,-11i' not reviewable here until a final decision is rendered, nor is an order retaining or dismissing parties defendant, wllo are charged to be jointly liable to the complainant in the suit, appealable. U. S. v. GirauIt, 11 How. 22, 32: Hohorst v. Packet Co., 148 U. S. 263, 13 Sup. Ct. 590. But a final decision which com· pletely dete1"mlnes the rights, in the suit In which it Is rendered, of some of the parties who are not claimed to be jointly liable with those against whom the suit is retained, and a final decision which completely determines a col· lateral matter distinct from the general subject of litigatioll, and finally set· ties that controversy. Is subject to review in this court by appeal or writ of error."
Withenbury v. U. S., 5 Wall. 819; Williams v. Morgan, 111 U. S. 4 Sup Ct. 638; Hill v. Railroad Co., 140 U. S. 52, 11 Sup. Ct 690; Central Trust Co. v. Marietta & N. G. Ry. Co., 2 U. S. App. 1, 11 C. C. A. 116,48 Fed. 850; Grant v. Railroad Co., 2 U. S. App. 182, 1 C. C. A. 681, 50 Fed. 795; Forgay v. Conrad, 6 How. 201, 204; 'Bronson v. Railroad Co., 2 Black, 524, 529; Thomson v. Dear, 7 342, 345; Trustees v. Greenough, 105 U. S. 527; Potter v. (Beal, 5 U. S. App. 49, 2 C. C. A. 60, 50 Fed. 860. The issue between the plain.tiff and the interpleader was a collateral issue, distinct from the subject of litigation between the plaintiff and the defendants. After the judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants had been rendered, the order dissolving the attachment upon the property finally determined the only issue remaining between the plaintiff and the defendanu v.t>6F.no.1-3
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under the statutes of Arkansas in force in the Indian Territory (Mansf. Dig. c. 9, §§ 377, 394); and it is not improbable that this was the only material issue that ever arose between the plaintiff and the defenda,nts,-the issue that determined whether the plaintiff should have a lien upon any property by means of which he could have satisfaction of his debt. In our opinion, this was clearly a final decision, within the rule established in Standley v. Roberts, supra, and was subject to review in this court. The motion to dismiss the writ of error to review the order dissolving the attachment is denied. The judgment in favor of the interpleader and against the plaintiff, to the effect that the interpleader was the owner of the property, is clearly a final judgment on an issue squarely made by the pleadings between the plaintiff and the in· terpleader under the Arkansas statutes to which we have referred, and the motion to dismiss the writ of error to review that judgment must also be denied. FIRST NAT. BANK OF BURLINGAME v. HANOVER NAT. BANK OF NEW YORK. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. February 20, 1895.) No. 433. BANKING-RECEIPT OF PROCEEDS OF DISCOUNT-EsTOPPEl,.
A New York bank, at the request of S., the president of a Kansas bank, discounted a note made by S. By direction of S" it placed the proceeds of the note to the credit of the Kansas bank, and telegraphed S. that It had done so. On the receipt of the telegram, S. caused the proceeds of the note to be placed to his credit in the Kansas bank, and used the same. Held, that these acts constituted no evidence that the Kansas bank retained or enjoyed the proceeds of the qiscount, so as to estop it to question the authority of its officers to charge it with liability for the note,
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. Elijah Robinson, for plaintiff in error. C. N. Sterry, for defendant in error. Before CALDWELL, SANBORN, and THAYER, Circuit Judges. SANBORN, Circuit Judge. The Hanover National Bank of New York, the defendant in error, brought an action in the court below, and, after a jury trial, recovered a judgment against the First National Bank of Burlingame, Kan., the plaintiff in error, for a balance alleged to be due it on account. The writ of error was sued out to reverse this judgment. At the trial there was but a single item of the account in controversy. That was $5,000, which the New York bank charged to the Kansas bank on December 24, 1890, on account of a promissory note for that amount made by one Sheldon, and discounted by the New' York bank at his request. Sheldon was the president of the Kansas bank, and the New York bank maintained that the Kansas bank had agreed to pay this note at maturity if Sheldon did not, and that it had authorized the charge