Bank of the United States v. Deveaux
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to Georgia. the circuit court for the district of The declaration, ox. petition, was as follows; as it is there called, District of Georgia. To the honourable the judges of the sixth circuit court of the United States, in and for the district aforesaid.
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ERROR to Georgia. the circuit court for the district of The declaration, ox. petition, was as follows; as it is there called, District of Georgia. To the honourable the judges of the sixth circuit court of the United States, in and for the district aforesaid. The petition of The President, Directors and Com* pany, of the Bank of the United States', which said bank wds established under an act of congress entitied “ An, act to incorporate the subscribers to the of the United States,” passed the 25th day of february,, 1791, showeth, That Peter Deveaux and Thomas Robertson, both 0f the clt,r 0£…
1Opinion of the Court
March 15.
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinión of the Court as follows :
Two points have been made in this cause.
■1. That a corporation, composed of citizens of one state, may sue a citizen of another state, in the federal courts.
a. i not a right to sue in those courts is conferred on this bank by the law which incorporates it.
The last point will be first considered.
The judicial power of the United States, a.s defined in the constitution, is dependent, 1st. On the nature of the case; and, 2d. On the character of the parties.
By the judicial act, the jurisdiction off the circuit courts is…
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