 | United States - Constitutional law - 1796 - 508 pages
...where the matter in difpute exceeds, exclufive of cofts, the fum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners ; or an alien is a party, or the fuit is between a citizen "f thp ^"itp where the fuit is brought, and a citizen of another ftate. And... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 422 pages
...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 costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...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 costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 614 pages
...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, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United Stales are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Law - 1836 - 522 pages
...common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds 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 the citizens of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State.' This is the general... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - Court rules - 1829 - 758 pages
...of 1789, gives jurisdiction to 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, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Elijah Paine - Civil procedure - 1830 - 684 pages
...<*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 of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners ; or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Peter Force - Almanacs, American - 1831 - 388 pages
...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 costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the ; United Slates ate plantiffs, or petitioners, or an alien is a party,... | |
 | Gray and Bowen - 1831 - 364 pages
...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 costs, the sum or value of 600 dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1832 - 1028 pages
...courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, where be matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of 500 dollars, and the Uuited States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit... | |
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L. 78) declares, 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... 
