FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO. V. WATERMAN, 106 U. S. 265 (1882)

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Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Waterman, 106 U.S. 265 (1882)

Farmers' Loan and Trust Company v. Waterman

Decided November 13, 1882

106 U.S. 265

Syllabus

1. A party to a suit cannot appeal from a decree therein rendered if he is not thereby affected.

2. Where parties severally assert in the same suit a separate cause of action, the decrees which are rendered in favor of them respectively cannot be joined to render the amount involved sufficient to give this Court jurisdiction. Ex Parte Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, ante, p. 106 U. S. 5, cited and approved.

Motion by the appellees to dismiss as to part of them, and to affirm as to the rest.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.