duignan argued february decided april alfred talley charles tuttle new york city appellant attorney general john davis new york city appellees justice stone delivered opinion filed bill equity district southern new york section title national prohibition act comp abate liquor nuisance alleged maintained duignan appellant upon premises occupied lease amended bill appellee pall mall realty corporation owner leased premises made party defendant answer admitted allegations bill set ownership premises lease duignan maintenance liquor nuisance premises violation section title national hibition act comp jj asked lease forfeited section title act comp appellant neither answered directed motion made application jury trial denied trial without jury appellant drew question constitutionality forfeiture leasehold denial due process law trial existence nuisance litigated district decreed forfeiture lease affirmed circuit appeals second circuit case properly appeal jud code amended comp petition certiorari filed jurisdictional precaution denied outset appellant denies jurisdiction district try issues raised absence diversity citizenship section provides violation title upon leased premises lessee occupant thereof shall option lessor work forfeiture lease right thus given lessor forfeit lease one arising law district jurisdiction determine suit founded upon regardless citizenship parties judicial code comp numerous questions raised appellant brief argument far substance involved incidental two principal grounds urged reversal appellant denied right jury trial violation seventh amendment constitution forfeiture appellant lease denial due process law far appellant motion jury trial directed issues raised bill answer properly denied section national prohibition act authorizes obatement liquor nuisance bill equity filed cf murphy urged assuming constitutionality section section gives right law possessory action recovery leased premises cognizable equity case appellant entitled issues raised tried jury appellant application jury terms motion order trial jury issues action occurrences alleged violations national prohibition act clearly appears notice motion supporting affidavits motion challenge equity jurisdiction demand jury trial action law guaranteed constitution rather application addressed discretion sitting equity frame issues jury aid stated advising credibility witnesses made ground usual equity case ordinarily involves matters law right jury trial may waived appearance participation trial without demanding jury kearney case wall perego dodge section revised statutes comp provides issues fact may tried without jury upon written stipulation parties finding upon facts shall effect verdict jury section preclude kinds waiver kearney case supra purpose effect read together sections comp define scope appellate review actions law without jury unless written stipulation waiving jury review rulings questions law course trial sufficiency special finding support judgment see law cf fleischmann appellant failure demand trial jury amounted think waiver constitutional right claimed even application jury trial regarded assertion constitutional right issues tried jury failed answer confiscation cases wall hence error finding facts supporting judgment without jury whether issues raised pleadings proceedings section must tried jury seasonably demanded question arise record appellant appeal first time challenged equity jurisdiction urging remedy law adequate cancellation appellant lease relief sought remedy competent equity give repeated holdings lower courts suit brought section one cognizable least suggest suit plainly law motion dismissed circumstances objection equity jurisdiction seasonably taken waived kilbourn sunderland brown lake superior iron perego dodge supra especially appellant answer reason unnecessary us determine whether appellee adopted proper procedure seeking forfeiture lease consider constitutionality forfeiture section enumerating questions raised presented made mention constitutional question assignment errors refer specifically required rules far record discloses presented see gaffney sits review exceptional cases coming federal courts questions pressed passed upon reviewed see montana ry warren old jordan mining socie te anonyme des moines magruder drury gila valley ry hall grant ana maria sugar quinones cf west rutlege timber tennessee coosa decree affirmed footnotes grossman bynton archibald gaffney cf schwartz