...from the district courts under the regulations and restrictions herein after provided. 12. SECT. XII. If a suit be commenced in any state court against...brought against a citizen of another state, and the matter in dispute exceeds the aforesaid sum or value of five hundred dollars, exclusive of costs, tobe...

...commencement of the action. The act of congress provides that if a suit be commenced in any State court by a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought, against a citizen of another State, the latter may make an application for its removal to the circuit court of the United States. The case...

...an action wherein a state was plaintiff, though an alien was defendant, for it is there said, " that if a suit be commenced in any state court against an alien, &c." as it does not mention by a state, the presumption and construction must be, that it me:mt by...

...from the district courts, under the regulations and restrictions herein after provided. JO. SEc. xn. If a suit be commenced in any state court against...brought against a citizen of another state, and the matter in dispute ex(ACT of September 24th, 1789.) ceeds the aforesaid sum or value of five hundred...

...established by this act. § 3. By this section, if a suit be commenced in any State Section 12.— court against an alien, or by a citizen of the state in which j^^1,.0'8 the suit is brought, against a citizen of another state, and the Cat,ot „'. matter in dispute...

...Courts. OTHER parts of the judicial power are provided for as follows : — If a suit commenced in a state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the state in which a suit is brought against a citizen of another state ; the defendant may have the benefit of the unbiassed...

...the suit, aud to the commencement alone. " If, in any suit already commenced, or that may hereafter be commenced in any state court, against an alien, or by a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought," &c. It will be seen that the act, by its very terms, applies to suits commenced against...

...co1"'T?party mast take in order to entitle himself to such removal, conferred by * sec. l!!of 1he " If a suit be commenced in any state court against an alien, judiciary ac1, or by a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought against "^ ^^"{1 a citizen...

...exduiive. fFhetlier slate CHAP.JI. matter exceed* the sum of $500, as above-mentioned, be brought in a state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the...suit is brought against a citizen of another state, or between citizens of the same state, claiming title to land in question, under grants from different...

...Wash. Cir. R. 463. c Act of September ZSth, 1789, sec. 11. 21, 22. Act o/3d March, 1808, sec. 11. in a state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the...suit is brought against a citizen of another state, or against a citizen of the same state claiming lands under a grant from another state, and the matter...