Legal Opinion

Stuart v. Easton

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 21, 1895No. 151PublishedCited by 20 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The Chief Justice: Plaintiff in error is described throughout the record as “ a citizen of London, England,” and the defendants as “corporations of the State of Pennsylvania.” As the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court confessedly depended on the alienage of plaintiff in error, and that fact was not made affirmatively to appear, the judgment must be reversed at the costs of plaintiff in error, and the cause be remanded to the Circuit Court with leave to apply for amendment and for further proceedings. Bingham v. Cabot, 3 Dall. 382; Mossman v. Higginson, 4 Dall. 12; Capron v. Van Noorden, 2…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Robertson v. CeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Brown v. KeeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
  3. Börs v. PrestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. James Conolly and Others v. Richard Taylor and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  5. Mossman, Surviving in Error v. Higginson, Surviving Partner, in ErrorSupreme Court of the United States · 1800

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Norton v. LarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Lumley v. Wabash R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
  3. Thomas v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  4. Van Der Schelling v. U. S. News & World Report, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Doidge v. Cunard S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1927

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