 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...district courts 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 the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute ex» cetds,... | |
 | Michael Bright (Gen.), Thomas Lloyd - Federal-state controversies - 1809 - 236 pages
...pretty plain 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,... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 614 pages
...conclusive, but examinable. By the eleventh section of the act of congress of 1789, th. 20, it is provided, "that the circuit court of the United States shall...concurrent with, the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil na.ture, at common law, or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds,... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by jury. 9. SEc. xi. 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, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive... | |
 | William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 530 pages
...mentioned, but in that which 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... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - Law reports, digests, etc - 1831 - 636 pages
...constitutional boundary of jurisdiction. The judiciary act of 1789, ch. 20, provides, " that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds 500 dollars,... | |
 | Samuel Howe - Civil procedure - 1834 - 660 pages
...14. 5 Slat. US 1802. ch. 31. s. 6. 1. Original. It is provided by statute, "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, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive... | |
 | JOESPH GALES - 1834 - 594 pages
...courts to their respective circuit courts. Sec. 11. Andbe il further 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, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...holdSuits by aliens, or citizen of one en at special places — when 552 ART. 522. The circuit courts ancis Gordon of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive... | |
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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,... 
