| Irving Browne - 1880 - 638 pagini
...the Revised Statutes, that the District Courts shall have jurisdiction " of all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof, authorized by law to sue." This is a suit at common law, as distinguished from a suit in equity, and the receiver is, as we have... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis - 1880 - 362 pagini
...Statutes. § 563, subdivision 4, gives the District Courts jurisdiction " of all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof, authorized by law to sue." See the case of Lewis, Trustee, v. The United States, 2 Otto, 618.] foreign state. It is not enough,... | |
| 1925 - 1112 pagini
...is well settled that it must appear on the face of the complaint, or otherwise from the proof, that the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of $3,000. First Nat. Bank v. La. Highway Comm., 264 U. S. 308, 310, 44 S. Ct. 340, 68 L. Ed. 701, and... | |
| William Edward Miller - 1881 - 728 pagini
...8 Wh., 391. Fourth. Suits at common law by United States or officer. — Of all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof, authorized by law to sue. 24 Sept., 1789, c. 20, s. 9, v. 1, p. 76. 3 Mar., 1815, c. 101, s. 4, v. 3, p. General right of the... | |
| John Bouvier - 1883 - 870 pagini
...penalties and forfeitures incurred under any law of the United States. Fourth. Of all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof, authorized by law to sue. Fifth. Of all suits in equity to enforce the lien of the United States upon any real estate for any... | |
| 1884 - 1126 pagini
...the Revised Statutes that the district courts shall have jurisdiction " of all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof, authorized by law to sue." This is a suit at common law, asdistinguished from a suit in equity, and the receiver is, as we have... | |
| West Virginia Bar Association - 1912 - 258 pagini
...important to the civil practitioner, provides that the district court shall have original jurisdiction of thereof authorized by law to sue, or between citizens...and (a) arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority, or (b) is between citizens... | |
| 1914 - 1282 pagini
...that : "The District Courts shall have original Jurisdiction of all suits of a civil nature • * * where the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive...costs, the sum or value of three thousand dollars, and arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made,... | |
| 1914 - 1290 pagini
...all suits of a civil nature, * * * where the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interests and costs, the sum or value of three thousand dollars,...and (a) arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made under their authority, or (b) is between citizens... | |
| 1903 - 880 pagini
...[US Comp. St 1901, p. 456], which gives the district courts Jurisdiction of "all suits at common law brought by the United States, or by any officer thereof, authorized by law to sue," the district court has Jurisdiction of an action to enforce the liability of a stockholder in an Insolvent... | |
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