United States v. Shaw
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
At Law.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.
This is a suit upon a postmaster’s bond. It appears upon the face of the declaration that the amount in controversy is less than $2,000. Defendants demur to the declaration, and move to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction. Counsel for defendants contend that if there is any jurisdiction to try this cause, it must ’be found in some act of congress now of force expressly conferring that jurisdiction upon this particular court; that where congress has not expressly conferred upon the courts the entire judicial power inherent in the government under the constitution, the jurisdiction of the…
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