Herrmann v. Edwards
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court of a suit against a national bank and its directors, under the Act of August 13, 1888, and paragraph 16, § 24 of the Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion. It was error to dismiss the bill for supposed want of Federal jurisdiction as the powers of the banks under Federal laws were directly involved.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court of a suit against a national bank and its directors, under the Act of August 13, 1888, and paragraph 16, § 24 of the Judicial Code, are stated in the opinion. It was error to dismiss the bill for supposed want of Federal jurisdiction as the powers of the banks under Federal laws were directly involved. Where any ingredient of the case is Federal, that jurisdiction is applicable. The principles of other decisions disclose jurisdiction over…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
If the statutes which control the question for decision in this case and their significance as settled by the decisions of this court long prior to the commencement of this suit be at once stated, it will serve to clarify and facilitate the analysis of the issue to be decided. Section 4 of the act of Congress of August 13, 1888, c. 866, 25 Stat. 433, provided as follows (p. 436):
"That all national banking associations established under the laws of the United States shall, for the purposes of all actions by or against them, real, personal or mixed, and all suits in equity, be deemed citizens…
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