McCAIN v. DES MOINES

No. 238.

174 U.S. 168 (1899)

McCAIN v. DES MOINES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 1, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William E. Mason and Mr. William G. Clark for appellants.

Mr. N.T. Guernsey, Mr. H.T. Granger and Mr. Arthur C. Graves for appellee.


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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