Filhiol v. Maurice

Syllabus

<p>In an action of ejectment against private individuals, the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court cannot be maintained on the ground that by averments that .plaintiffs were ousted in violation of the treaty of October 21, 1803, and of the Fifth Amendment, the provisions of which it was the duty of the Federal Government to observe, it appeared that the case arose under the Constitution, or laws, or treaties of the United States.</p>