Newgass v. City of New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
At Law. On plea to the jurisdiction. Herman Newgass, a German citizen, sued the city of New. Orleans on certain claims assigned to him by citizens of New Orleans; John Garrity, a citizen of Kentucky,, sued the New Orleans Packing & Canning Company, a corporation of the state of Louisiana, on certain claims assigned to him by citizens of Louisiana; and C. H. Stewart, a citizen of Alabama, sued the city of New Orleans on certain certificates of indebtedness issued by the city,…
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At Law. On plea to the jurisdiction. Herman Newgass, a German citizen, sued the city of New. Orleans on certain claims assigned to him by citizens of New Orleans; John Garrity, a citizen of Kentucky,, sued the New Orleans Packing & Canning Company, a corporation of the state of Louisiana, on certain claims assigned to him by citizens of Louisiana; and C. H. Stewart, a citizen of Alabama, sued the city of New Orleans on certain certificates of indebtedness issued by the city, and payable to bearer.
1Opinion of the CourtBillings, J.
These cases are submitted upon the same exceptions; i. e., upon the same plea to the jurisdiction. In each case is presented for construction that part of the act of 1887 which restricts the jurisdic*197tion when the suit is upon a chose in action, and there has been an assignment or transfer. Tn each case tlie chose in action was made by defendant, who is a corporation, and the suit is between citizens of different states. In the first and second cases, the plaintiff claims title to a chose in action which could be transferred only by assignment, and the assignor could not have maintained suit,…
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