 States; or, where the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of three thousand dollars, and (a) arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States...  The Federal Reporter - Page 2761921Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 1092 pages
...defendant." Section 24 of the Judicial Code (Comp. St. § 991) provides: "The District Courts shall have original Jurisdiction • • * of all suits...controversy exceeds exclusive of interest and costs, thfi sum or value of three thousand dollars, and (a) arises under the Constitution or laws of the United... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 2060 pages
...Judicial Code. The District Courts are, by section 24 of the Judicial Code (Comp. St. 1916, § 991), given jurisdiction of all suits of a civil nature at common...in equity where the matter in controversy exceeds $3,000 and is between citizens of different states. Section 51 (Comp. St. 1916, § 1033) provides that... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1878 pages
...by the act of March 3, 1887, is very different. This act recites that the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, ''where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 906 pages
...the circuit courts of the United States, without reference to the citizenship of the parties, with original jurisdiction of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeded a prescribed sum, and the suit was one "arising under the Constitution or laws of... | |
 | Law - 1884 - 1022 pages
...Circuit Courts of the United States shall ha've cognizance, among other things, of "all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity" where the matter in controversy exceeds the sum of $500, and "arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States." The language of... | |
 | West Virginia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1912 - 258 pages
...to sue, or between citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants from different States; or, where the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of three thousand dollars, and (a) arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1304 pages
...controversy between your petitioner and the plaintiff, and that the matter in dispute in said separable controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of $2,000, and the same can be fully determined without the presence In the case of the said Kotheimer.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1282 pages
...that : "The District Courts shall have original Jurisdiction of all suits of a civil nature • * * where the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of. interest and costs, the sum or value of three thousand dollars, and arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 952 pages
...subjects therein defined in the following order: It recites first that the circuit court shall have jurisdiction 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 $500;" then follow specifications of the subject... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 960 pages
...statute, I conclude that no such jurisdiction was conferred. The act of September 24, 1787, conferred jurisdiction "of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and an alien is a party,... | |
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