 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 639 pages
...as from other district courts to their rcspec« live circuit courts. [See pastea 52.] 11. S*CT. XI. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance»...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 - 222 pages
...me:mt by a citizen. This will appear pretty plain from a perusal of llih section of the same act, where it is enacted that the circuit courts shall have original...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
...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... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 845 pages
...all causes, except civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by jury. 9. SEc. xi. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance,...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
...of the act of congress of 1789, th. 20, it is provided, "that the circuit court of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with, the...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... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824
...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... | |
 | William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 349 pages
...the section before mentioned, but in that which describes the jurisdiction of the circuit court. " The circuit courts shall have original cognizance...civil nature at common law or in equity, when the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen... | |
 | Elijah Paine, William Duer - Civil procedure - 1830
...fee. n of " The circuit courts shall have original cognizance, conihe judiciary „ • e <*1- current 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 costs, the sum or value... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831
...coextensive 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,... | |
 | Gray and Bowen - 1831
...statutes, commissions, or authorities, in dispute. CIRCUIT COURTS. The Circuit Courts of 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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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,... 
