1 L. Ed. 646
3 U.S. 382 (____)
3 Dall. 382
BINGHAM, Plaintiff in Error, versus CABOT, et al.
Supreme Court of United States.
Decided February 14, 1798
Relies on Bingham v. Cabot
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Decided 1798-02-14
Cited by 12 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2011
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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¶1*383 Lee, Attorney General, contended for the Plaintiff in error.
¶2THE COURT were clearly of opinion, that it was necessary to set forth the citizenship (or alienage, where a foreigner was concerned) of the respective parties, in order to bring the *384 case within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court; and that the record, in the present case, was in that respect defective.
¶3This cause and many others, in the same predicament, were, accordingly, struck off the docket.