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The Memory of My Father,
DWIGHT FOSTER,
FORMERLY JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
BEGUN AT HIS SUGGESTION
ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT LIVE TO CORRECT ITS FAULTS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I.
CHAPTER I.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Page
§ 5a. Jurisdiction of suits on contractors' bonds..
§ 1. Constitutional provisions concerning the courts of the United
States
§ 2. Enumeration of the courts of the United States..
§ 3. Original jurisdiction and terms of the Supreme Court..
3a. Practice in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court....
4. The jurisdiction and terms of the Circuit Courts of Appeals and
the judicial circuits
§ 5. Jurisdiction of the District courts. In general.
§ 6. Value of the matter in dispute. In general...
1
2
4
7
9
13
28
34
§ 7. Value of the matter in dispute in action for damages.
42
§ 8. Value of the matter in dispute in ejectment, and other suits to
obtain the possession of land.....
46
§ 9. Value of the matter in dispute in action to recover possession of
personal property .....
47
10. Value of the matter in dispute in suits of foreclosure.
11. Value of the matter in dispute in suits to redeem...
§ 12. Value of the matter in dispute in suits to quiet title..
§ 13. Value of the matter in dispute in suits for injunctions.
§ 14. Value of the matter in dispute upon taxpayers' bills.
§ 15. Value of the matter in dispute upon creditors' bills..
§ 16. Value of the matter in dispute upon stockholders' bills....
§ 17. Value of the matter in dispute when there are joint plaintiffs..
§ 17a. Value of the matter in dispute in suits on behalf of a class...
§ 18. Value of the matter in dispute when there are joint defendants
§ 19. Consideration of interest in estimating the value of the matter
in dispute
59
63-
64+
68
§ 20. Consideration of costs in estimating the value of the matter in
dispute
69
48
49
50
55
57
§ 21. Consideration of counterclaims in estimating the value of the
matter in dispute. . . . .
§ 22. Effect of admissions by the defendant upon the value of the
matter in dispute.....
....
§ 23. Effect of a defense apparent in the plaintiff's pleading upon
the value of the matter in dispute....
§ 24. Suits arising under the Constitution or laws of the United
States. In general to un
§ 25. Suits arising under the Constitution of the United States.
§ 26. Suits arising under treaties of the United States..
§ 27. Suits where the parties are Federal corporations. In general..
§ 28. National banking associations/....!
§ 29. Patent and copyright cases..
§ 30. Trademark cases
§ 31. Land and mining cases....
§ 32. Cases arising under the laws relating to navigable waters..
§ 32a. Cases arising under the Interstate Commerce Law...
§ 33. Suits on judicial and official bonds.....
§ 34. Suits by and against officers of the United States..
119
§ 35. Suits by and against receivers of national banks.
§ 36. Suits by and against receivers of Federal corporations.
§ 37. Suits by and against receivers of Federal courts.
§ 38. Suits by and against trustees in bankruptcy..
§ 39. Suits arising out of litigation in the Federal courts..
§ 40. Controversies between citizens of different States.
§ 41. Parties to the controversy..
§ 42. Formal parties to the controversy.
§ 43. Unnecessary parties to the controversy.
§ 44. Trustees and other representatives..
In general 125
130
139
150
152
§ 48. Unincorporated stock companies and associations.
§ 49. Partnerships
177
178
§ 50. Under grants of different States.
§ 51. Ancillary jurisdiction.....
180
§ 52. Property in the custody of another court of co-ordinate juris-
diction. In general.....
189
$ 53. Property covered by insolvent assignments....
$ 54. Property in the custody of State courts of probate.
$ 55. Property in the custody of receivers..
§ 56. Controversies between State sheriffs and United States mar-
shals; and those arising out of attachments, garnishee process
and executions.....
§ 57. Effect of jurisdiction of another court over same cause of action
215
§ 58. Effect of the custody, by another court, of the person of an
accused in criminal proceedings, or otherwise..
218