Hepburn & Dundas v. Ellzey
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a question certified from the Circuit Court for the fifth circuit, holden in the Virginia district, on which the opinions of the judges of that •court were opposed.
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This was a question certified from the Circuit Court for the fifth circuit, holden in the Virginia district, on which the opinions of the judges of that •court were opposed. (2 U. S. Stat. 159, § 6.) The certificate set forth that “in this cause it occurred as a question,, whether Hepburn & Dundas, the plaintiffs in this cause, who are citizens- and residents of the district of Columbia, and are so stated in the pleadings, can maintain an action in this court against the defendant, who is a citizen and inhabitant of the commonwealth of Virginia, and is also stated so to be in the pleadings,…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. — The question in this case is, whether the plaintiffs, as residents of the district of Columbia, •can maintain an action in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Virginia. This depends on the act of congress describing the jurisdiction of that court. That act gives jurisdiction to the circuit courts in cases between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state. To support the jurisdiction in this case, therefore, it must appear that Columbia is a state.
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