...; and Congress provided in the eleventh section of the Judiciary Act that the Circuit Courts Bhould have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of suits between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State.* Citizenship...

...cases. By the 11th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 it is enacted " That the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of aU suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive...

...plain from a perusal of the llth section of the act, where it is enacted, that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance concurrent with the courts...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, of a certain value, where the United States are plaintiffs, or where an alien is a party, &c. This...

...the Circuit Court, and provides as follows : " That the Circuit Court shall have original cognisance concurrent with the courts of the several states of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds (exclusive of costs) the sum or value...

...eleventh defines their powers, and confers their jurisdiction. The latter declares that they shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...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 plaintiff's,...

...1. Original jurisdiction. The circuit courts have been vested by statute with original jurisdiction, concurrent with the courts of the several States,...common law or in equity where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of $500 and the United States are plaintiffs, or an alien...

...citizen of another State in the Circuit Court of the United States, and gives to the Circuit Court 'original cognizance concurrent with the courts of the several States of all suits of a civil nature at common law and in equity,' &c., &c. It was certuinly intended to give to suitors, having a right...

...be it further enacted, That the circuit courts shall Original cogm.... ... -. ranee of circuit nave original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of...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,...

...circuit courts, and we find by the seventeenth section of that act that such courts are vested with original cognizance concurrent with the courts of...common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds a certain sum stated, and the United States are plaintiff or petitioner, or an alien is a party,...

...September 24th, 17&9, commonly called the Judiciary Act, declared that the Circuit Court should have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several...common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds the sum of $500, nml the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners. This grant was undoubtedly...