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Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley, 173 U.S. 243 (1899)
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Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley, 173 U.S. 243 (1899)
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Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley No. 177 Argued December 14-15, 1898 Decided February 20, 1899 173 U.S. 243
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
The instruments sued on in this case being payable to bearer, and having been made by a corporation, are expressly excepted by the Judiciary Act of August 13, 1888, c. 866, from the general rule prescribed is it that an assignee or subsequent holder of a promissory note or chose in action could not sue in a circuit or district court of the United States unless his assignor or transferor could have sued in such court.
From the evidence of Dudley himself, the plaintiff below, it is clear that he does not own any of the coupons sued on, and that his name is being used with his own consent, to give jurisdiction to the circuit court to render judgment for persons who could not have invoked the jurisdiction of a federal court, and the trial court, on its own motion, should have dismissed the case without considering the merits.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley, 173 U.S. 243 (1899) in 173 U.S. 243 173 U.S. 244. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6VGYHAWJLH7FJJE.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley, 173 U.S. 243 (1899), in 173 U.S. 243, page 173 U.S. 244. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6VGYHAWJLH7FJJE.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Lake County Commissioners v. Dudley, 173 U.S. 243 (1899). cited in 1899, 173 U.S. 243, pp.173 U.S. 244. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=6VGYHAWJLH7FJJE.
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