Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Sexton
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL'FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. Appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, a suit on a promissory note and mortgage.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
This is an appeal under § 238 of the Judicial Code from a decree dismissing a suit in equity for want of jurisdiction. The question certified for decision arises under the provision in § 24 of the Judicial Code that, “ No district court shall have cognizance of any suit . . . to recover upon any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee . . . unless such suit might have been prosecuted in such court . . . if no assignment had been made.”
The appellant, a citizen of Vermont, brought suit in the Eastern District of Washington, to- recover on a promissory note for $5,000…
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