Stichtenoth v. Central Stock & Grain Exch. of Chicago

JENKINg, Circuit Judge.

This cause comes on for hearing upon a motion by the defendant, before pleading, to dismiss the suit for want of, jurisdiction here to entertain it. The better practice is to present the objection by a plea to the jurisdiction; but since the federal court will at any stage of the case, when want of jurisdiction appears, decline to further proceed, irrespective of the manner in which the want of jurisdiction is disclosed, the question may he considered under the present motion.

This is a special action on the case brought by the plaintiff, who alleges herself to he the…