Meyer v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.

WOOLSEY, District Judge.

My decision in this cause is that there must be a final decree dismissing without costs the bill of complaint herein on the ground that this court is without subject-matter jurisdiction of the controversy therein set forth.

I. As this is a court of limited jurisdiction, the first matter always to be decided in respect of any action or suit is whether the court has subject-matter jurisdiction thereof. Questions of venue, of jurisdiction of the persons of the defendants, of the plaintiff’s locus standi, and as to whether a cause of action is stated or not should not be…