HEPBURN & DUNDAS v. ELLZEY


6 U.S. 445 (____)

2 Cranch 445

HEPBURN AND DUNDAS v. ELLZEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Lee, for plaintiffs.

C. Lee, contra.


Marshall, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case is whether the plaintiffs, as residents of the district of Columbia, can maintain an action in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Virginia.

This depends on the act of congress describing the jurisdiction of that court. That act gives jurisdiction to the circuit courts in cases between a citizen of the state in which...

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