...Circuit Court of the United States alike. The language of the grant as to jurisdiction of civil suits is: 'That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at commun law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the...

...enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the circuit courts of the United States shall...concurrent with the courts of the several states, of the suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive...

...which, as found in the act of March 3, 1875, 18 Stat. 470, c. 137, § I, is as follows, to wit : ' That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall...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, or treaties...

...jurisdiction to try the case. "The Act of Congress, March 3, 1875, 18 Statutes at Large, part 3, provides as follows: " 'That the circuit courts of the United...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the...

...original jurisdiction of Circuit Courts.) Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs, or petitioners;...

...a suit against an alien does not apply to a suit by an alien. The Judiciary Act, in declaring that circuit courts of the United States shall have original...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, lit, common law or in equity, between citizens of a state and foreign states, citizens or subjects,...

...situation the intention of Congress was reflected by the provision in the general jurisdictional act, "That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall...dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, The suggestion that the Act of Congress is not in harmony with the policy of the State, and therefore that...

...any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy." Rev. Stat. § 720. The act of March 3, 1887, declares that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, arising under the Constitution of the United States. Parsons' suit is,...

...from state courts, and for other purposes,' approved March 3, 1875, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ' That the circuit courts...dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or v;ilue of $2,000, and arising under the constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties...

...in this district, authority for it must be found in the first section of the act, which provides — "That the circuit courts of the United States shall...exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, * * * in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different states,...