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6 U.S. 126

Capron v. Van Noorden

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1804-03-18

Capron v. Van Noorden, 6 U.S. (2 Cranch) 126 (1804), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court allowed a plaintiff to dismiss a case that he had lost at trial because of a lack of diversity jurisdiction, leaving the plaintiff free to bring the case again in North Carolina.

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Reversed · 4–0 · Decided 1804-03-18

How this case has been cited

Cited by 235 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2023 · most notably Brown Shoe Co. v. United States (1962), American Fire & Casualty Co. v. Finn (1951)

105 federal appellate · 19 district · 28 state decisions — followed in 20 states

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ERROR to the circuit court of North Carolina.

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The plaintiff, without describing himself as an alien or citizen, instituted an action of trespass in the case against the defendant, said to be 'late of Pitt county,' and a verdict and judgment were given in favour of the defendant.

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Mr. Capron sued out a writ of error, and assigned for error that the record did not show that the circuit court had jurisdiction, the parties not being described, so as to show they were within the provisions of the act of congress.

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The only question submitted to the court was, whether the plaintiff could assign as error his own omissions and irregularities in the pleadings.

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The defendant did not appear, but the citation being duly served, the judgment was reversed.

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