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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. "
United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court - Page 67
by United States. Supreme Court - 1940
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The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall, Volume 2

John Marshall - 1905 - 484 pages
...different states," [Art. III. Sect. II. i.] and the judicial act gives this Court jurisdiction, " where the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state." The Constitution, as well as the law, clearly contemplates a * * distinction between citizens...
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United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged ..., Volume 93

United States. Supreme Court - 1905 - 750 pages
...the act of 1789 (1 Stat. 78, sect. 11), which limited their authority to controversies between " ;i citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State." It is, therefore, sufficient to say, that, since the act of Feb. 28, 1839 (5 Stat. 321, sect....
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 203

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1907 - 698 pages
...conferred jurisdiction on the Circuit Court of suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, 'between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State,' and provided that ' no civil suit shall be brought against an inhabitant of the United States,...
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Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 27

1907 - 834 pages
...conferred jurisdiction on the circuit court of suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, •between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state/ and provided that 'no civil suit shall be brought" 'against an inhabitant of the United States/...
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Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports: U. S. Vols. 1 ..., Volume 5

1908 - 1240 pages
...circuit court of the I'nited States, because of prejudice or local influence of suits in any state court between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state, invests the circuit court with jurisdiction to determine the suit, although that court 5084...
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A Selection of Cases on the Law of Private Corporations

Leslie Jay Tompkins - 1908 - 1188 pages
...conferred jurisdiction on the Circuit Court of suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, " between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state," and provided that " no civil suit shall be brought " " against an inhabitant of the United...
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Porto Rico Federal Reports, Volume 2

United States. District Court (Puerto Rico), Henry F. Hord, Bernard Shandon Rodey - 1908 - 604 pages
...Marshall in the Strawbridge Case, approves the latter's construction of the meaning of the sentence, "suit between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state," when it is held "to mean that each distinct interest should be represented by persons, all...
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United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 3

United States. Supreme Court - 1910 - 828 pages
...three cases only. 1. Where the United States is plaintiff; 2. Where an alien is a party; and, 3. Where the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state. The president, directors and company of the bank of the United States do not answer to either...
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United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports: With Key-number Annotations ...

1910 - 826 pages
...states. The eleventh section of the judiciary act gives jurisdiction to the Circuit Courts of suits between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state. In this case, there is a controversy between citizens of New York and Mississippi ; there is...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 111

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1911 - 888 pages
...certain amount, in which the United 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. By section 711 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the act of February...
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