| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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/... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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