Legal Opinion
Realty Holding Co. v. Donaldson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 25, 1925No. 348PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The jurisdiction of the court below was invoked upon the ground of diverse citizenship, Jud. Code, § 24, First; and the court dismissed the bill under the limiting clause contained in that subdivision: “No district court shall have cognizance of any suit (except upon foreign bills of exchange) to recover upon any promissory note or other chose in action in favor'of any assignee, or of .any subsequent holder if such instrument be payable to bearer and be not made by any corporation, unless such suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover upon said note ur other chose in action if…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Norton v. LarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Robertson v. CeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- New Orleans v. BenjaminSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Brown v. FletcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- Marian R. Canedy v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Smith v. McCulloughSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- York v. Guaranty Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Axel Johnson, Inc. v. Carroll Carolina Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
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