Jurisdiction, Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the Courts of the United StatesBenjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis |
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... dollars , exclusive of costs , be re - examined and re- versed or affirmed in the Supreme Court , the cita- tion being in such case signed by a judge of such Circuit Court , or justice of the Supreme Court , and the adverse party having ...
... dollars , exclusive of costs , be re - examined and re- versed or affirmed in the Supreme Court , the cita- tion being in such case signed by a judge of such Circuit Court , or justice of the Supreme Court , and the adverse party having ...
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... dollars , shall be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States . " So that by this act Congress made the jurisprudence and the practice of its courts conform to those of the courts of Eng- land and the courts of the Continent ...
... dollars , shall be allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States . " So that by this act Congress made the jurisprudence and the practice of its courts conform to those of the courts of Eng- land and the courts of the Continent ...
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... dollars , exclusive of costs . " How are you to ascertain whether " the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of two thou- sand dollars , exclusive of costs " ? The rules upon this subject are well settled . That In the first place ...
... dollars , exclusive of costs . " How are you to ascertain whether " the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of two thou- sand dollars , exclusive of costs " ? The rules upon this subject are well settled . That In the first place ...
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... dollars , exclusive of costs , " where money is demanded in the declaration , either as debt or damage , that is , where an action of debt , under the old forms of pleading , is brought , and a particular sum is demanded , where an ...
... dollars , exclusive of costs , " where money is demanded in the declaration , either as debt or damage , that is , where an action of debt , under the old forms of pleading , is brought , and a particular sum is demanded , where an ...
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... dollars is demanded ; the proceedings go on to a verdict , and the sum of one thousand dollars ' damages is found by a jury . Then , so far as the defendant is concerned , that is the only matter in dispute . The question is , whether ...
... dollars is demanded ; the proceedings go on to a verdict , and the sum of one thousand dollars ' damages is found by a jury . Then , so far as the defendant is concerned , that is the only matter in dispute . The question is , whether ...
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Page 8 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States...
Page 10 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Page 199 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 171 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 9 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 84 - 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.
Page 218 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Page 146 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 116 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 181 - And the sound and true rule is, that if the contract when made was valid by the laws of the state, as then expounded by all the departments of its government, and administered in its courts of justice, its validity and obligation cannot be impaired by any subsequent act of the legislature of the state or decision of its courts altering the construction of the law.