Kemna v. Brockhaus

Dyer, D. J.

This case has been beard upon a plea to the jurisdiction of the court. The complaint alleges that at the time of the commencement of the suit the plaintiff was a citizen of the state of Minnesota. The plea avers that she is, and always has been, a citizen of the state of Wisconsin, of which state the defendants are citizens, and proofs have been taken on the question of the plain till’s residence and citizenship. The general rule upon the subject of citizenship is well settled. It is that, “in order to give jurisdiction to the courts of the United States, the citizenship of the…