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THE LAFAYETTE INS. CO. v. FRENCH ET AL.

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59 U.S. 404 (1856)

18 How. 404

15 L.Ed. 451

THE LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MAYNARD FRENCH, EDWARD K. STRONG, AND THOMAS B. FINE.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 25, 1856.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued in this court by Mr. Gillett, for the plaintiff in error, and submitted upon a printed argument by Mr. O.H. Smith, for the defendants.

Mr. Justice CURTIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Indiana, in an action of debt on a judgment recovered in the commercial court of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio. In the declaration, the plaintiffs are averred to be citizens of Ohio; and they "complain of the Lafayette Insurance Company, a citizen of the State of Indiana." This averment is not sufficient to show jurisdiction...

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