McCaffrey v. Wilson & Co.

MORTON, District Judge.

The jurisdiction of the federal courts is, speaking generally, of two sorts — the first depending on the sjibjeet-matter, e. g., admiralty, bankruptcy, constitutional questions, etc.; the second resting on diversity of citizenship between the opposing parties. This latter is, like all jurisdiction of inferior federal courts, entirely a matter of statute. The act (Judicial Code, § 28 [Comp. St. § 1010]) is obscurely worded and has given rise to many difficult questions. Without undertaking to discuss the numerous decisions, certain basic principles, to be applied where…