 ... 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...  United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court - Page 354by United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1884Full view - About this book
 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...shall he found at the time of serving the writ, nor shall any district or circuit court have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory...to recover the said contents if no assignment had Ix-i/n made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange. And the circuit courts shall also have appellate... | |
 | Alexander James Dallas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1807 - 532 pages
...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 in such Court to recover the said con" tents, if no assignment had been made, except in cases of u foreign bills of exchange." Sect.... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 422 pages
...shall be found at the time of serving the writ; nor can any district or circuit court have 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 in such court to recover the contents... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...be found at the time of serving the writ; nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory...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 - 1821 - 738 pages
...favourable to the jurisdiction. The words are, " 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 favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such Court to recover the said contents,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - Court rules - 1829 - 758 pages
...declares, that no district or circuit court shall have " cognizance of [Buckner rs. Finley & Van Lear.] 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 in such court to recover the said contents,... | |
 | Law - 1830 - 442 pages
...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 of any promissory...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
...be found at the time of serving the writ ; 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 favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court, to recover the said... | |
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