King Bridge Co. v. Otoe County

Citations

• 120 U.S. 225
• 7 S. Ct. 552
• 30 L. Ed. 623
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1964

Syllabus

<p>An order drawn upon a county treasurer by county officials in favor of A • or order unindorsed, and a like order in favor of A, both assigned by A ‘ to B for a valuable consideration, constitute no cause of action in B’s favor on which B can maintain an action in a Circuit Court of the United States on the grbu )d of citizenship, if A could not maintain the action there on the same ground; and if, in such action in B’s favor A’s necesr sary qualification of citizenship does not affirmatively appear in the • record in this 'court, the writ of error w-ill be dismissed whether the question,of jurisdiction be made or not, and plaintiff in error adjudged to pay Costs in this court.</p>