...follows: "That the circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent wiih the courts of the several States, of all suits of...dollars, and arising under the constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority, or in which controversy...

...amount claimed in the prayer of the complaint. Sec. 1 of the act of the third of March, 1875, provides "that the Circuit •Courts of the United States shall...where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sura or value of five hundred dollars ;" and of course, when the action is between certain...

...which restricts somewhat the broader jurisdiction conferred by intermediate statutes, it is provided, "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" in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...

...federal courts in enforcing his •claims against citizens and corporations of the other states, unless "the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest...costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars," why may not congress constitutionally withhold from corporate judge-made citizens of the state, the...

...Cong March 3, 1S87, ;, 1, restricting the Jurisdiction of the United States circuit court tn suits "where the matter In dispute exceeds, exclusive of Interest and costs, the sum or value of $1,000.- Baker v. //.,<• ,-,'/, U. 8. OC (Neb.), 44 Fed. Rep. 113. 53. I-'I.IIKIMI. OFFRNSB— Violating...

...the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance * * * of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of $500, * * * in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different...

...the United States have since enlarged the Jurisdiction of the circuit courts by declaring that they shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all civil suits arising under the constitution or laws of the United State*, or treaties made, or which...

...the subject of removal of actions. The act of congress of August 13, 1888 (Ky. St. p. 39), provides "that the circuit courts of the United States shall...the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law and in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs,...

...situation the intention of Congress was reflected by the provision in the general jurisdictional Act, "That the circuit courts of the United States shall...dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States." August 13, 1888, 25 Stat. 433, c. 866, § 1. Robb v. Connolly, 111 US 624, 637,...

...Original jurisdic- States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit courts of the tion of circuit United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent...the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in wcou W¿ases uifdoriaws, equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive...