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HALSTED v. BUSTER

119 U.S. 341 (1886)

HALSTED v. BUSTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A. Burlew for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.F. Brown (Mr. W. Mollohan was with him on the brief) for defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This record does not show that the Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the suit, which depends alone on the citizenship of the parties. In the declaration it is stated that Halsted, the plaintiff, is a citizen of New York, but nothing is said of the citizenship of the defendants. Neither is there anything in the rest of the record to show what their citizenship actually was. For this reason the judgment is...

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