Mason v. Rollins

80 U.S. 602, 20 L. Ed. 527, 13 Wall. 602, 1871 U.S. LEXIS 1371

Opinion

The CHIEF JUSTICE

delivered the opinion of the court.

It is manifest that the averments of citizenship in neither of the bills are sufficient to give the Circuit Court jurisdiction under the Judiciary Act of 1789; and all were filed subsequent to the 13th of July, 1866.

When these suits were brought, therefore, there was no act in force giving jurisdiction, in cases such as those made by the records, to the courts of the United States. The Circuit Court was obliged, therefore, to dismiss the bill in each case for want of jurisdiction, and the judgment of that court in the several cases must be

Affirmed.