 | United States - Constitutional law - 1796 - 508 pages
...nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in difpute exceeds, exclufive of cofts, the fum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States...plaintiffs, or petitioners ; or an alien is a party, or the fuit is between a citizen "f thp ^"itp where the fuit is brought, and a citizen of another ftate. And... | |
 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...to their rcspec« live circuit courts. [See pastea 52.] 11. S*CT. XI. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance» concurrent with the courts of...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 - Federal-state controversies - 1809 - 236 pages
...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 courts of...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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 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... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 614 pages
...of congress of 1789, th. 20, it is provided, "that the circuit court of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with, the courts of...sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United Stales are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 764 pages
...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 of...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) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1827 - 748 pages
...by the llth section of the judiciary act of 1789, it is enacted, that the Circuit Courts 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, when the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of 500 dollars, and... | |
 | Law - 1836 - 522 pages
...— 'of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the...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... | |
 | William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 362 pages
...judicial practice. describes the jurisdiction of the circuit court. "The circuit courts 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, when the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a... | |
 | Peter Force - Almanacs, American - 1831 - 388 pages
...т inhlt* 1 .... CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE USITKI) STATES. The circuit courts ol the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of...or value of five hundred dollars, and the ; United Slates ate plantiffs, or petitioners, or an alien is a party, 01 the suit is between a citizen of 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,... 
