MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The question is whether a national bank located in one State may bring suit against a citizen of another State in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district wherein the defendant resides, by reason alone of diverse citizenship.
National banks are empowered to sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law and equity as fully as natural persons. Rev...
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