Gassies v. Ballon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. This case came before the district court of the eastern district of Louisiana, on a petition filed in November 1829, by-Jean Gassie's-Ballon, for the recovery of the proceeds of certain goods, left in the hands of his son Pierre Gassies for sale, and for a balance of an account arising out of the sale of the-said goods, and other transactions between them.
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ERROR to the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. This case came before the district court of the eastern district of Louisiana, on a petition filed in November 1829, by-Jean Gassie's-Ballon, for the recovery of the proceeds of certain goods, left in the hands of his son Pierre Gassies for sale, and for a balance of an account arising out of the sale of the-said goods, and other transactions between them. The petitioner described himself in the petition as a resident of the eity of Barsac, and a French citizen of the kingdom of France, and now in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivéred the opinion of the Court.
In. this case the court is of opinion that the jurisdiction can be sustained. The. defendant in error is alleged in the proceedings to be a citizen of the United States, naturalized in Louisiana, and .residing there. This is equivalent to an averment that he is a citizen of that state.' A citizen of the United States, residing in any state of the union, is a citizen of that state.
'The authorities on this question have gone far enough; and this court is not disposed to narrow any moire the limitations which have been imposed by the decided cases. They have…
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