Farmington v. Pillsbury
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE OIRCUIT COURT ÓF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE. This was a'suit upon coupons lor semi-annual interest on the ■ bonds of the Farmington Village Corporation, and among the • defences set. up was one to the effect that the plaintiff was not a Iona fide holder of -the coupons in suit, but that they Were placed iff bis bands merely for the purpose of bringing a suit 'in the Circuit Court of‘the United 'States.
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IN ERROR TO THE OIRCUIT COURT ÓF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE. This was a'suit upon coupons lor semi-annual interest on the ■ bonds of the Farmington Village Corporation, and among the • defences set. up was one to the effect that the plaintiff was not a Iona fide holder of -the coupons in suit, but that they Were placed iff bis bands merely for the purpose of bringing a suit 'in the Circuit Court of‘the United 'States. The cáse was tried by the court without the interventionx>f a jury and came here with a special finding of facts, and a certificate of division of ■ opinion…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justicé Waite
delivered .the opinion of the coiirji. After making the foregoing statement of' the' facts he continued :. By the original judiciary- act of September 24, -1789, eh. 20,' 1 Stat. 73, it was provided, § 11, that no-' District' or Circuit Court should “have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note or other '-c-hose in action - in favor of an assignee, unless ■ a suit might' have been prosecuted in such-court to recover the said contents if‘no assignment had been made,’except in cases of foreign’ bills "of exchange.” The same; act/provided,-§…
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