Bradstreet v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
WRIT of error to the district court of the northern' distriet of New York. Mr. Beardsley moved to dismiss the writ of error, it not being stated in the writ or declaration, that the defendant was a citizen of the state of New York. The plaintiff is an alien, and this is stated, in due form; but nothing is said of the. citizenship of the defendant.
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WRIT of error to the district court of the northern' distriet of New York. Mr. Beardsley moved to dismiss the writ of error, it not being stated in the writ or declaration, that the defendant was a citizen of the state of New York. The plaintiff is an alien, and this is stated, in due form; but nothing is said of the. citizenship of the defendant. The constitution of the United States gives jurisdiction to the courts pf the United States, when an-alien is a party, who sues a defendant, a citizen of the state in which the suit may be brought; and it has been expressly decided, that both…
1Opinion of the Court
-, Mr. Chief Justice Tankv
delivered the opinion of the Court.
A motion has'been made^by the defendant in error to dismiss this case, upon the ground that the averments necessary to give jurisdiction to the courts of the United States do not appear in the-record. The decisions which have heretofore been made on this subject, render it proper that the circumstances under which this motion comes before the Court should be stated.
A writ of right was brought in the district court for the northern district of New York, to recover certain lands situated in the state of New York. The demandant, in her…
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