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HOPE INS. CO. &C. v. BOARDMAN

9 U.S. 57 (1809)

5 Cranch 57

THE HOPE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PROVIDENCE v. BOARDMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ingersoll, for the plaintiffs in error.

Adams, contra.

THE COURT having, in the case of The Bank of the United States v. Deveaux et al. decided that the right of a corporation to litigate in the courts of the United States depended upon the character (as to citizenship) of the members which compose the body corporate, and that a body corporate as such cannot be a citizen, within the meaning of the constitution, reversed the judgment, for want of jurisdiction in the...

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