COURSE ET AL.
v.
STEAD AND WIFE, ET AL.

U.S. | 1800-02-01
4 Dall. 20 Supreme Court of the United States (1800) Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases
Opinion of the Court
By the Court.

By the Court.

— Having examined the record in the case of Bingham v. Cabot, we are satisfied, that the decision there must govern upon the present occasion. It is, therefore, unnecessary to form or to deliver any opinion upon the merits of the cause. Let the decree of the circuit court be reversed.

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  • Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc., 306 U.S. 583 (U.S. 1939)
    …t has been the practice [*590] of this Court to receive affidavits for the purpose of establishing its own appellate jurisdiction under statutes prescribing that a specified amount in controversy is prerequisite to the appeal, Williamson v. Kincaid, 4 Dall. 20; Rush v. Parker, 5 Cranch 287; Roura v. Philippine Islands, 218 U. S. 386; see Red River Cattle Co. v. Needham, 137 U. S. 632, that procedure is inapplicable here. Our review of the action of the district court in assuming jurisdiction is confined t…
  • Elgin v. Marshall, 106 U.S. 578 (U.S. 1882)
    …d and determined ; but where the recovery of specific property, real or personal, is sought, affidavits of value were permitted, from the beginning, as a suitable mode of ascertaining the fact, and bringing it upon the record. Williamson v. Kincaid, 4 Dall. 20; Course v. Stead, id. 22; United States v. Brig Union, 4 Cranch, 216. But the fact of value in excess of the limit must affirmatively appear in the record, as thus constituted, as it is essential to the existence and exercise of jurisdiction. This c…

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