MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The jurisdiction of the Circuit Court depends upon the act approved August 13, 1888, 25 Stat. 433, a part of which reads as follows: "That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, ... arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States.....
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