MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The general policy of the act of March 3, 1887, corrected by the act of August 13, 1888; 24 Stat. c. 373, p. 552; 25 Stat. c. 866, p. 433, as is apparent on its face, and as has been repeatedly recognized by this court, was to contract the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts. Tennessee v. Union & Planters' Bank,
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