Ambler v. Eppinger
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This case comes before the court on a writ of error, under the act of February 25, 1889, 25 Stat. c. 236, p. 693, to review the decision of the Circuit Court, upon the question of its jurisdiction.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This case comes before the court on a writ of error, under the act of February 25, 1889, 25 Stat. c. 236, p. 693, to review the decision of the Circuit Court, upon the question of its jurisdiction. That act provides that, in all cases where a final judgment or decree shall be rendered in a Circuit Court of the United States, involving the question of its jurisdiction, the party against whom the judgment or decree is rendered shall be entitled to an appeal to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The record is silent as to the' citizenship' of Russell, who assigned his interest to the plaintiff; and the defendants below, the plaintiffs in error here, contend that the Circuit Court was therefore excluded by the act'of March 3, 1887, from jurisdiction of the action, it not appearing that he could have prosecuted in the Circuit Court a suit upon the claim. That act, after declaring in its first section that certain suits shall not be brought in the Circuit or District Courts, adds: “Nor shall any Circuit or District Court have cognizance of any suit, except upon foreign bills of…
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