 | William Graydon - 1803 - 730 pages
...as from other district courts to their rcspec« live circuit courts. [See pastea 52.] 11. S*CT. XI. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance»...common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute ex» cetds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the united states are... | |
 | Michael Bright (Gen.), Thomas Lloyd - 1809 - 236 pages
...This will appear pretty plain from a perusal of llih section of the same act, where it is enacted that the circuit courts shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, of a certain value, where the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or where an alien is a part)-.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1816 - 680 pages
...of 1789, vol. ±, tMm' p. 55,) the Circuit Courts have original cognizance of all. suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds the value of 500 dollars, &c. And by the 14th sect, of the same act they have power to issue all writs... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1824 - 764 pages
...of the said act, already cited, Ch. 186, a. 10. By the 11th section of this act, the circuit courts have original cognizance concurrent with the courts...common law, or in equity, " where the matter in dispute does not exceed $500, and the United States are pits, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the... | |
 | Elijah Paine, United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1827 - 748 pages
...foreign citizen or subject. And by the llth section of the judiciary act of 1789, it is enacted, that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of 500 dollars, and... | |
 | William Rawle - 1829 - 530 pages
...the section before mentioned, but in that which describes the jurisdiction of the circuit court. " The circuit courts shall have original cognizance...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a... | |
 | Gray and Bowen - 1831 - 364 pages
...statutes, commissions, or authorities, in dispute. CIRCUIT COURTS. The Circuit Courts of the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of 600 dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - 1831 - 636 pages
...with this constitutional boundary of jurisdiction. The judiciary act of 1789, ch. 20, provides, " that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds 500 dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs,... | |
 | Joseph White Moulton - 1831 - 506 pages
...from Chancery. Circuit courts have original cognizance concurrent with state courts of civil suits in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of $500, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien is a party; or the suit is... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 590 pages
...jurisdiction of Circuit Courts to the District Courts." These Circuit Courts, thus organized, are vested with original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of...or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds 500 dollars, exclusive of costs, and the United States are plaintiffs, or an alien is a party, or the... | |
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That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs,... 
