...of the nine circuits, with the same B. Rogers, 7 Wall. 175. Beveral states,1 of all suits of a civil nature, at common law, or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs, and the United States aie plaintiffs, or an alien 1 Original...

...September 24th, 17&9, commonly called the Judiciary Act, declared that the Circuit Court should have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several...or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds the sum of $500, nml the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners. This grant was undoubtedly prospective....

...jurisdictions. Congress, accordingly, have vested the Circuit Courts with original jurisdiction, concurrently with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, where the matter in dispute exceeds five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs, and the United States...

...jurisdictions. Congress, accordingly, have vested the Circuit Courts with original jurisdiction, concurrently with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, where the matter in dispute exceeds five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs, and the United States...

...House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit court of the United States shall have original cognizance,...matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States,...

...State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State, the Circuit Courts of the United States have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars. Record shows that the plaintiff was an alien, and that the defendants...

...v. Story, 9 Pet. 632. The judiciary act of 1789 conferred upon the circuit courts authority "to take cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several...equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive [ * 106 ] *of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and * * * the suit is between a citizen...

...^tf/l'tato'conrts1* °^ tne several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in "¿asee under laws, equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum &c., of United or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or States. laws...

...jurisdiction to the Federal courts, proceeded upon this theory. It declared that the circuit courts should have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts...the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, involving a specified sum or value, where the suits were between citizens...

...actions. The act of congress of August 13, 1888 (Ky. St. p. 39), provides "that the circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance,...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law and in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs,...