Ambler v. Eppinger

Citations

• 137 U.S. 480
• 11 S. Ct. 173
• 34 L. Ed. 765
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 2111

Syllabus

<p>The provision in the act of March 3, 1887, 2& Stat. c. 373, § 1, pp. 552, 553, that no Circuit or District Court shall “have cognizance of any suit, except upon foreign bills of exchange, to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action, in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder, if such instrument bo payable to bearer, and be not made by any corporation, unless such suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment or transfer had been made,” does not apply to an action of trespass brought by an .assignee of the claim, to recover damages for cutting down and removing timber from the land of the assignor.</p>