Third Nat. Bank of St. Louis v. Harrison
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
This is an action brought by the plaintiff, a corporation organized under the national banking act, against the defendants to recover judgment upon a certain promissory note executed by the defendant Harrison to his co-defendant Alexander, and by the latter assigned to the plaintiff.
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This is an action brought by the plaintiff, a corporation organized under the national banking act, against the defendants to recover judgment upon a certain promissory note executed by the defendant Harrison to his co-defendant Alexander, and by the latter assigned to the plaintiff. The plaintiff is a national bank,, located in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, and the defendants are citizens of the state of Missouri, the defendant Harrison being a citizen of the western district thereof. Upon these facts the defendant Harrison moves to dismiss the cause for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
McCrary, C. L,
{orally.) It is insisted by counsel for defendant —First, that this court has no jurisdiction in the case under the act of congress, approved March 3, 1875, entitled “An act to determine the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States, and to regulate the removal of causes from the state courts, and for other purposes, ” which act, it is insisted, repeals all prior acts upon the subject of the jurisdiction of the circuit courts, including the provision *722authorizing suits therein by national banks. I am of the opinion that the jurisdiction-in this case cannot he…
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