 ... 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...  Albany Law Journal - Page 1561874Full view - About this book
 | Alexander James Dallas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1807 - 532 pages
...of any suit to recover the contents of any promis* " sory note, or other chose in action, in favour of an assignee, " unless a suit might have been prosecuted...made, " except in cases of foreign bills of exchange." Ingersoll, for the plaintiff in error, argued, that unless it was averred upon the record, that the... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 422 pages
...action in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange. The circuit courts have also appellate jurisdiction from the district courts under certain regulations... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ; nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance...made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange. And the circuit courts shall also have appellate jurisdiction from the district courts, under the regulations... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1821 - 726 pages
...cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted...contents, if no assignment had been made, except in case of foreign bills of exchange." These words necessarily import a recovery by an assignee, claiming... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1824 - 952 pages
...cognizance of any suit, to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted...made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange." This is a limitation on the jurisdiction conferred by the JudicaryAct. It was apprehended that bonds... | |
 | Law - 1830 - 442 pages
...case. Ib. 6. The US statute, 1789, c. 20, s. 1 1, provides that no District or Circuit Court shall ' have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents...made ; except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.' Held, that a bill of exchange drawn in one state, and payable in another, was a foreign bill, and therefore... | |
 | Elijah Paine - Civil procedure - 1830 - 684 pages
...cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted...made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange. And the circuit courts shall also have appellate jurisdiction from the district courts, under the regulations... | |
 | Gray and Bowen - 1831 - 364 pages
...or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ : and no District or Circuit Court has cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of...made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange. The Circuit Courts have appellate jurisdiction from final decrees and judgments of the District Courts... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1835 - 624 pages
...any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might tiave been prosecuted in such court to recover the said...contents, if no assignment had been made, except in cases o( foreign bills of exchange." The only question is, whether the kill on which the suit is founded,... | |
 | Peter Force - Almanacs, American - 1832 - 374 pages
...of an assignee, unkss a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said content» if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange. The Circuit Courts also have appellate jurisdiction from the District Courts, under the regulations... | |
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