 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1940 - 894 pages
...in any district court against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant; but where the...residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant," merely accords to the defendant a personal privilege of objecting to the venue of suits brought against... | |
 | Law - 1888 - 564 pages
...procedure in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, unless the jurisdiction of the court is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, then the suit must be brought in the district where the plaintiff or the defendant resides. Nor can... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 496 pages
...also as to the question wnetner tne general provision thus quuted is limited by the subsequent ยง 51, "Where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact...residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant." It often happens that a suit is brought in a State Court between citizens of different States in a... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 612 pages
...in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of $2,000 ; and provides that, 'where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact...residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant.' 24 Stat. 552, 25 Stat. 433 [US Comp. St. 1901, p. 514]. The circuit courts of the United States are... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 598 pages
...sufficient under the acts of Congress, that court has jurisdiction, although it may not be brought in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant. The essential jurisdictional facts in such a case are the diverse citizenship and the amount in controversy.... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1887 - 460 pages
...procedure in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, unless the jurisdiction of the court is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States ; then the suit must be brought in the district where the plaintiff or the defendant resides. Nor can... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...provisions of Section 51, conferring original jurisdiction upon the federal district courts. This provides : Where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is hetween citizens of different states, suits shall he hrought only in the district of the residence... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1148 pages
...either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the...residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant." The second section of the act, so far as material here, provides that : "Any other suit of a civil... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1120 pages
...courts against any person by original process or proceeding in any other district than that wherein he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is...residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant." The limitations in the statute just quoted restrict its operation to civil suits brought before either... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 1130 pages
...inhabitant. The defendant is conceded to be an inhabitant of the state of Ohio. The same section provides : "But where the jurisdiction is founded only on the...residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant." The suit has not been brought in either the state of New Jersey, or the state of Delaware, where plaintiffs... | |
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... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action... 
