Merritt v. Bowdoin College

Citations

• 169 U.S. 551

Syllabus

<p>An appeal does not Tie to this court from the decision of a Circuit Court in which, after overruling, on the facts, a plea by the defendant that the action was not in truth a controversy between citizens of different States, but solely between citizens of one State, to whom other parties were collusively added for the purpose of giving the Circuit Court jurisdiction, the court then rendered a final judgment in favor of the plaintiff’s on the merits.</p> <p>'While such an issue involves the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, it does not involve or require, within the meaning of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, either the construction or application of the Constitution.</p>