Glass v. Concordia Parish Police Jury

Citations

• 176 U.S. 207
• 20 S. Ct. 346
• 44 L. Ed. 436
• 1900 U.S. LEXIS 1731

Syllabus

<p>The warrants and orders sued on in this case were payable to the order of Matthew Carr, deceased, who was a citizen of the State of Louisiana. They were assets of his estate, and the plaintiff in error acquired title to them through a judicial sale made by the sheriff of the parish of Concordia on the 22d day of May, 1868, under authority of an order of the probate court of said parish having the administration of said estate. The plaintiff in the suit was, at the date of his said purchase, and at the date of filing his original petition herein, a citizen of the State-of Missouri, and the defendant was a citizen of the State of Louisiana. Held, that the plaintiff came within the restriction of § 1 of the act of March 3, 1875 : “Nor shall any Circuit or District Court have cognizance of any suit founded on contract in favor of an assignee, unless, a suit might have been prosecuted in said court to recover thereon if no assignment had been made, except in cases of promissory notes-negotiable by the law merchant, and bills of exchange,” and that the Circuit Court below correctly held that jurisdiction could not.be sustained.</p>