 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1854 - 714 pages
...original jurisdiction, in some cases exclusive, in others concurrent only, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds a certain defined sum, and an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1856 - 626 pages
...of the same act (Act 1789, IngersolPs Jlbridg. § 9, p. 87) declares that the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of $500, and (among other cases) the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought,... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - Law reports, digests, etc - 1856 - 858 pages
...(See 1st vol. Stat. at Large, 78.) "Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, wherethe matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value... | |
 | William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1856 - 838 pages
...commonly called the Judiciary Act, vests original cognizance in the Circuit Courts of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, five hundred dollars, and where 'the mit it between a citizen of the »täte where the suit is brought,... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1858 - 440 pages
...have concurrent jurisdiction with the District Courts. They have original cognizance, concurrently with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law, or in squity, where the matter in dispute exceeds a certain sum, and the United States... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit), Samuel Blatchford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1859 - 640 pages
...Stat. at Large, 78,) in carrying into effect this provision, declares that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the Courts...civil nature, at common law or in Equity, where the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, &c. This Act is defective in respect... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Admiralty - 1859 - 928 pages
...circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the State courts, "of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter...of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, etc." Concurrent jurisdiction with the district court is also given of crimes and offences cognizable... | |
 | Alfred Billings Street - Constitutional history - 1859 - 622 pages
...all final decrees in the Circuit Court, to the Supreme Court of the United States in the same cases, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of $2,000, at any time within five years after the decree is rendered, or in case of insanity, coverture,... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - Admiralty - 1859 - 936 pages
...cireuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the State courts, "of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute excceds, exelusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, ctc." Concurrent jurisdiction... | |
 | Daniel Gardner - International and municipal law - 1860 - 740 pages
...of the Judiciary Act (1 US St. L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between... | |
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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,... 
