Doctor v. Harrington
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The bill in this case was dismissed by the Circuit Court on the ground that it had no jurisdiction upon the fact alleged, and certified' to this court the. question of jurisdiction.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The bill in this case was dismissed by the Circuit Court on the ground that it had no jurisdiction upon the fact alleged, and certified' to this court the. question of jurisdiction. The following is the question certified: “Whether or n The court further certified that it entered a decree dismissing the bill, “holding that it appeared from the said bill of complaint- that there was no such diversity of citizenship between the parties complainant and defendant as would confer jurisdiction upon the■ United…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice McKenna;
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
To sustain the action of the Circuit Court in dismissing the bill the argument is as follows; (1) By a conclusive presumption of law the stockholders of a corporation are deemed to be citizens of the State of the corporation’s domicile. (2) Granting that the complainants aré citizens of New Jersey, yet as they are suing for the Sol Sayles Company, a New York corporation, that corporation, although in form a defendant, is in legal eifect on the same side of the centroversy as the complainants, and since it is a…
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