...March 3, 1875, § 1 (Sup. Rev. Stat. 173); provides •• that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds," etc., " * * * arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made," etc.;...

...statute ; and the llth section of the judiciary act of September 24, 1769, invests it with power to take original cognizance concurrent with the, courts of...a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where tho matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of $.500, &c., and tho suit is between a citizen of...

...Judiciary Act, a section which defines the original jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts,* enacts: "That the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance,...the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, when the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value...

...Company. The eleventh section defines the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts and provides as follows : " The Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance,...petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit is hetween a citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State ; and shall...

...This will appear pretty plain from a perusal of the llth section of the act, where it is enacted, that the Circuit Courts shall have original cognizance...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, of a certain value, where the United States are plaintiffs, or where an alien is a party, &c. This...

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...1789, 1 Stat. at L. 78, which gives to this court original cognizance of all suits of a civil nature in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive...the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State. The...

...and the eleventh defines their powers, and confers their jurisdiction. The latter declares that they shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the...of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiff's, or petitioner, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the Slate wftere...

...1. Original jurisdiction. The circuit courts have been vested by statute with original jurisdiction, concurrent with the courts of the several States,...dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of $500 and the United States are plaintiffs, or an alien is a party, and the suit is between a citizen...

...circuit courts, and we find by the seventeenth section of that act that such courts are vested with original cognizance concurrent with the courts of...or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds a certain sum stated, and the United States are plaintiff or petitioner, or an alien is a party, or...