Blacklock v. Small
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT .OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was a bill in equity, filed on the 8th of October, 1879, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina,, -.jy Emma Jane Blacklock and Mary Black-lock, citizens of Georgia, against Jacob Small, a citizen of South Carolina, Alexander Bobertson, a citizen of North Carolina, and Helen Bobertson Blacklock, a citizen of. South Carolina.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT .OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. This was a bill in equity, filed on the 8th of October, 1879, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina,, -.jy Emma Jane Blacklock and Mary Black-lock, citizens of Georgia, against Jacob Small, a citizen of South Carolina, Alexander Bobertson, a citizen of North Carolina, and Helen Bobertson Blacklock, a citizen of. South Carolina. The substance of the allegations of the bill was that, on the 20th. of March, 1860, John F. Blacklock, the father of the plaintiffs, owning a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
It appears by the proofs in the record that John F. Black-lock, the assignor of the bond, was, at the time of the assignment, a citizen of South Carolina, and continued to be such until this suit was commenced, and' that the defendant Small was, when this suit was commenced, a citizen of South Carolina. Under these circumstances, the provision of the 1st section of the act of Congress of March 3, 1875, c. 137, (18 Stat. 470,) applies to this case. That provision is as follows : “Nor shall any Circuit or District Court have cognizance of any suit founded on contract in favor of an assignee,…
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