Gregg v. Weston

GRESHAM, District Judge.

Gregg, a- citizen of Oliio, sues Weston and Scbultz, both citizens of Indiana, on a note executed by Weston to Scbultz, and by tbe latter assigned to tbe plaintiff. Tbe note, a copy of which is made part of tbe complaint, was given at Kendallville,. Indiana, August 4th, XS70, payable to tbe order of M. G. Scbultz. Tbe defendants demur to tbe complaint on tbe ground that tbis court bas no jurisdiction.

Under tbe judiciary act of 1789 [1 Stat 73],. tbe circuit courts of tbe United States bare no cognizance of any suit on a promissory note in favor of an assignee, unless a…