CONOLLY AND OTHERS v. TAYLOR AND OTHERS


27 U.S. 556 (____)

2 Pet. 556

JAMES CONOLLY AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS vs. RICHARD TAYLOR AND OTHERS, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The counsel for the plaintiffs in error were Mr Wirt, attorney general, Mr Wickliffe, and Mr Peters. For the defendants, Mr Sergeant and Mr Nicholas.


Mr Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

As an objection was made to the jurisdiction of the Court in this case, it may be proper, in order to prevent a possible misunderstanding of the principle on which jurisdiction is sustained, briefly to state it.

The bill is filed in the court of the United States, sitting in Kentucky, by aliens and by a citizen of Pennsylvania. The defendants are citizens...

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