MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.
He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
The first question to be considered is that of the jurisdiction of the District Court to hear and determine the cause.
It is unnecessary here, and would be out of place, to examine the question which has so often engaged the attention of the common law courts, whether, and in what cases, the courts of one country should take cognizance...
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