Montalet v. Murray
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia. The action was brought in the court below by Murray, a citizen of the state of New York, against Montalet, an alien, and citizen of the French republic, upon sundry promissory notes, made by the defendant, at St. Domingo, ‘‘'payable to the order of Monsieur Caradeaux de la Caye, whose residence, or *- citizenship, or national character, did not appear in the declaration.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia. The action was brought in the court below by Murray, a citizen of the state of New York, against Montalet, an alien, and citizen of the French republic, upon sundry promissory notes, made by the defendant, at St. Domingo, ‘‘'payable to the order of Monsieur Caradeaux de la Caye, whose residence, or *- citizenship, or national character, did not appear in the declaration. It was suggested, that it did not appear by the record, that a suit could have been prosecuted in that court, to recover the contents of those notes, if no assignment…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court was unanimously of opinion, that the courts of the United States have no jurisdiction of cases between aliens.
Key then suggested, that perhaps it did not sufficiently appear upon the record, that the original parties to the notes were aliens ; But—
Marshall, Ch. J., said, that if it did not appear upon the record, that the character of the original parties would support the jurisdiction, that objection was equally fatal, under the uniform decisions of this court.
Judgment reversed, for want of jurisdiction, and with costs, under the authority of Winchester v. Jackson (3 Cr. 514).
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