 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...as from other district courts to their rcspec« live circuit courts. [See pastea 52.] 11. S*CT. XI. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance»...civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute ex» cetds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the... | |
 | Michael Bright (Gen.), Thomas Lloyd - Federal-state controversies - 1809 - 236 pages
...This will appear pretty plain from a perusal of llih section of the same act, where it is enacted that the circuit courts shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, of a certain value, where the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or where an alien is a part)-.... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 422 pages
...Massachusetts. The circuit courts are held twice a year in each district. § 26. The circuit courts have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...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... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...all causes, except civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by jury. 9. SEc. xi. The circuit courts shall have original cognizance,...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... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1825 - 614 pages
...of the act of congress of 1789, th. 20, it is provided, "that the circuit court of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with, the...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... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 764 pages
...of the said act, already cited, Ch. 186, a. 10. By the 11th section of this act, the circuit courts have original cognizance concurrent with the courts...civil nature at common law, or in equity, " where the matter in dispute does not exceed $500, and the United States are pits, or petitioners; or an alien... | |
 | Elijah Paine, United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1827 - 748 pages
...foreign citizen or subject. And by the llth section of the judiciary act of 1789, it is enacted, that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of 500 dollars, and... | |
 | William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 530 pages
...the section before mentioned, but in that which describes the jurisdiction of the circuit court. " The circuit courts shall have original cognizance...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a... | |
 | Elijah Paine - Civil procedure - 1830 - 684 pages
...fee. n of " The circuit courts shall have original cognizance, conihe judiciary „ • e <*1- current with the courts of the several states, of all suits...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... | |
 | Gray and Bowen - 1831 - 364 pages
...statutes, commissions, or authorities, in dispute. CIRCUIT COURTS. The Circuit Courts of the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...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... | |
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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,... 
