Hope Insurance v. Boardman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court for me district of Rhode Island, in ah action upon a policy of insúranee. . The only question decided in this court was that relative to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States. The parties were described in the declaration as follows : “ William-Henderson Boardman, and Pascal Paoli Pope, both of Boston, in the district of Massachusetts, merchants and citizens of the State of Massachusetts,, complain of The Hope Insurance.
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ERROR to the circuit court for me district of Rhode Island, in ah action upon a policy of insúranee. . The only question decided in this court was that relative to the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States. The parties were described in the declaration as follows : “ William-Henderson Boardman, and Pascal Paoli Pope, both of Boston, in the district of Massachusetts, merchants and citizens of the State of Massachusetts,, complain of The Hope Insurance. Company of Providence, a company legally incorporated by the legislature of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and…
1Opinion of the Court
. The Court having, in the case of The Bank of the United States v. D;ve'aux et al. decided that the right of a corporation to litigate .in the courts' of the United States depended upon the character (as to citizenship) of. the members which compose .the body corporate, and that a body corporate as such cannot be a citizen, within the meaning of the constitution, reversed the judgment, for want of jurisdiction in the court below.
2Cited by1 opinion
- The Hope Insurance Company of Providence v. BoardmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1809