Green v. Liter
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a writ of right, brought by Green, the demandant, against the tenants, to recover seisin of a large tract of land, lying in Kentucky, and set forth in the count. The writ of right was sued out under the act of the Virginia assembly, entitled “ an act for reforming the method of proceeding in writs of right.”
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This was a writ of right, brought by Green, the demandant, against the tenants, to recover seisin of a large tract of land, lying in Kentucky, and set forth in the count. The writ of right was sued out under the act of the Virginia assembly, entitled “ an act for reforming the method of proceeding in writs of right.” At the trial in the circuit court for the Kentucky district, several questions arose upon which the court was divided ; whereupon, those questions were certified for the opinion of the supreme court. They are as follows : *9and *lst. Has the circuit court of the United States…
1Opinion of the CourtStory, J.
This is a writ of right, brought by the demandant against the tenants, to recover seisin of a large tract of land set forth in the count. At the trial in the circuit court for Kentucky district, several questions arose upon which the court were divided ; and these questions are now certified for the opinion of this court.
As to the first question, we are satisfied, that the circuit court had jurisdiction of the cause. Taking the 11th and 20th sections of the judiciary act of 1789, ch. 20, in connection, it is clear, that the jurisdiction attaches where the property demanded exceeds |500 in…
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