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,... A Selection of Cases on Constitutional Law - Page 706by Emlin McClain - 1900 - 1080 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...district courts to their rcspec« live circuit courts. [See pastea 52.] 11. S*CT. XI. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance» concurrent with the...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute ex» cetds, exclusive of costs, the sum or... | |
| Michael Bright (Gen.), Thomas Lloyd - Federal-state controversies - 1809 - 236 pages
...pretty plain from a perusal of llih section of the same act, where it is enacted that the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...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)-.... | |
| Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 422 pages
...Massachusetts. The circuit courts are held twice a year in each district. § 26. The circuit courts have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value... | |
| Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 614 pages
...the eleventh section of the act of congress of 1789, th. 20, it is provided, "that the circuit court of the United States shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil na.ture, at common law, or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value... | |
| Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by jury. 9. SEc. xi. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value... | |
| Nathan Dane - Law - 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...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law, or in equity, " where the matter in dispute does not exceed $500, and the United States... | |
| Elijah Paine, United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1827 - 748 pages
...subject. And by the llth section of the judiciary act of 1789, it is enacted, that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...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 - Constitutional law - 1829 - 530 pages
...mentioned, but in that which describes the jurisdiction of the circuit court. " The circuit courts shall have original cognizance concurrent with the...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... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 636 pages
...constitutional boundary of jurisdiction. The judiciary act of 1789, ch. 20, provides, " that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...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,... | |
| Peter Force - Almanacs, American - 1831 - 388 pages
...f"1 т inhlt* 1 .... CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE USITKI) STATES. The circuit courts ol the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, 'exclusive of costs, the sum or value... | |
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