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COAL COMPANY v. BLATCHFORD

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78 U.S. 172 (1871)

11 Wall. 172

20 L.Ed. 179

COAL COMPANY, v. BLATCHFORD.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 17, 1871.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Theodore Cuyler, in support of the jurisdiction:

Mr. E.F. Hodges, for the appellant, contra.

Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The eleventh section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 vests in the Circuit Courts original jurisdiction of suits of a civil nature, at law and in equity, when the matter involved exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, in three classes of cases: 1st, when the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners; 2d, when an alien is a party; and, 3d, when the suit is between a citizen of the State...

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