 | 1817 - 514 pages
...jurisdiction should prevail. The circuit courts of the United States have cognizance of casts where an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of a «tate where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state; the judge observes, " the court... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - 1821 - 882 pages
...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners;...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state. And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - 1825 - 614 pages
...dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United Stales are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party,...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state." And by the thirty-fourth section of the same law it is enacted, "that the laws of the several... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1824 - 764 pages
...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 suit...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state," and have " exclusive cognizance of all crimes and of- CH, 187. fences cognizable under the... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Bushrod Washington - 1827 - 672 pages
...Circuit Courts, original cognizance of all suits of ad**f na- . ture, at Common Law and in Equity, where an alien is a party , » or the suit is between a...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state, equally unlimited, ex.cept as to the amount. But the jurisdiction of these Courts, though unlimited... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Bushrod Washington - 1827 - 616 pages
...because, by the llth section of the Judicial Law, the Court cannot entertain the suit, except an alien be a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state. But neither Craig nor JP is a citizen of this state, where the suit is brought. It is true,... | |
 | William Rawle - 1829 - 362 pages
...with the courts of 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...where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state." In other parts of the same act the distinction is between law, without the prefix " common,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - 1829 - 758 pages
...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between the citizen of a state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state." Thus the act presents... | |
 | 1836 - 522 pages
...common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between the citizens of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State.' This is the general... | |
 | Elijah Paine - 1830 - 684 pages
...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners...where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state. And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority... | |
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States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State. 
