Barney v. Baltimore City
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Maryland. The Judiciary Act gives jurisdiction to the Circuit Court in controversies “ between citizens of different States;” the District of Columbia, as it has been held, not coming within this term.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Maryland. The Judiciary Act gives jurisdiction to the Circuit Court in controversies “ between citizens of different States;” the District of Columbia, as it has been held, not coming within this term. Another act — one of February 28th, 1839 — enacts thus: That wjiere, in any suit at law or in equity, commenced in any court of the United States, there shall be several defendants, any one or more of whom shall not be inhabitants of or found within the district where the suit is brought or shall not voluntarily appear thereto, it shall be lawful for the court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The first question which the record before us presents is, whether the Circuit Court of the District of Maryland, sitting as a court of chancery, could entertain jurisdiction of *284the case. The difficulty arises in reference to the interest of "William, Ann, and Matilda Ridgely, in the subject-matter of the litigation, and resolves itself into two distinct inquiries, namely:
1. Can a court of chancery render a decree upon a bill of this character without having before it, as parties to the suit, some person capable of representing their interest ?
2. And secondly, if it cannot, did the…
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