UNITED STATES v. MOONEY


116 U.S. 104 (1885)

UNITED STATES v. MOONEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 14, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor-General for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles Levi Woodbury for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language above reported, he continued:

The ninth section of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 76, provided as follows: "The District Courts shall have exclusive original cognizance" "of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred under the laws of the United States." Since the passage of that act several statutes have been enacted giving the Circuit Courts...

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