 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 636 pages
...with this constitutional boundary of jurisdiction. The judiciary act of 1789, ch. 20, provides, " that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance,...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,... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1832 - 590 pages
...jurisdiction of Circuit Courts to the District Courts." These Circuit Courts, thus organized, are vested with original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of...or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds 500 dollars, exclusive of costs, and the United States are plaintiffs, or an alien is a party, or the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1832 - 1028 pages
...actions at law against citizens of the United States, is by jury. The Circuit Courts of the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, where be matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of 500 dollars, and the Uuited States... | |
 | Peter Force - United States - 1835 - 404 pages
...have original cognizance, con current win the courts nt the several States, ot all suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity ; where the matter...dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value ot five hundred dollais, unrl the U ited States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Peter Force - United States - 1836 - 452 pages
...COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES. The Circuit Courts of the United States have original cognizance, conurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits...of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, anil the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...such sessions to be holdSuits by aliens, or citizen of one en at special places — when 552 ART. 522. 5) Ibid. s Bum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1838 - 850 pages
...the fashion of an algebraic equation. The llth section of the judiciary act of 1789, provides that "the circuit courts shall have original cognizance...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity," &c. The 5th section of the act of 27th February, 1801, ena ^ that "the... | |
 | William Dunlap - Dutch - 1840 - 546 pages
...justices of the supreme court, together with the judge of the district. They are invested with orignal cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several...law or in equity where the matter in dispute exceeds five hundred dollars exclusive of costs, and the United States are plaintiffs, or an alien is a party,... | |
 | William Dunlap - Dutch - 1840 - 560 pages
...the district. They are invested with orignal cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the severtl states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity where the matter in dispute exceeds five hundred dollars exclusive of costs, and the United States are plaintiffs, or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1841 - 516 pages
...actions at law against citizens of the United States, is by jury. The Circuit Courts of the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of 5(10 dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit... | |
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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,... 
