Frank v. Chetwood

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Frank v. Chetwood

9 F. Cas. 706, 1879 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 257, 1879 U.S. App. LEXIS 2134

CourtU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

DecidedSeptember 5, 1879

DocketCase No. 5,051

StatusPublished

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Frank v. Chetwood, 9 F. Cas. 706, 1879 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 257, 1879 U.S. App. LEXIS 2134 (circtsdny 1879).

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Opinion

BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

Citizenship of the parties at the time of making the lease, or at the time of the breach of its covenants, is not the test of jurisdiction, but citizenship at the time the suit was commenced. The suit, being a suit at law. if a counter claim could be set up in it in the state court, and a judgment be had by the defendant against the plaintiff for a sum of money due under the instrument on which the suit was brought, the same counter claim may be set up and the same judgment had in the suit when removed into this court. The suit when removed is to proceed in the same manner as if it had been brought here by original process. Rev. St. U. S. § C39. A counter claim being proper in a suit in a state court, it is made proper here by section 914 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. It is an incident of bringing a suit subject to removal, that the plaintiff submits himself to the jurisdiction of this court in respect to a counterclaim. The process of removal is sufficient process to give this court jurisdiction over the person of the plaintiff to award a judgment against him for the counter claim. Motion denied, and judgment ordered.

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BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

Citizenship of the parties at the time of making the lease, or at the time of the breach of its covenants, is not the test of jurisdiction, but citizenship at the time the suit was commenced. The suit, being a suit at law. if a counter claim could be set up in it in the state court, and a judgment be had by the defendant against the plaintiff for a sum of money due under the instrument on which the suit was brought, the same counter claim may be set up and the same judgment had in the suit when removed into this court. The suit when removed is to proceed in the same manner as if it had been brought here by original process. Rev. St. U. S. § C39. A counter claim being proper in a suit in a state court, it is made proper here by section 914 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. It is an incident of bringing a suit subject to removal, that the plaintiff submits himself to the jurisdiction of this court in respect to a counterclaim. The process of removal is sufficient process to give this court jurisdiction over the person of the plaintiff to award a judgment against him for the counter claim. Motion denied, and judgment ordered.

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9 F. Cas. 706, 1879 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 257, 1879 U.S. App. LEXIS 2134, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/frank-v-chetwood-circtsdny-1879.