Mossman, Surviving in Error v. Higginson, Surviving Partner, in Error

Citations

4 U.S. 12
1 L. Ed. 720
4 Dall. 12
1800 U.S. LEXIS 298

How courts have described this case

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holding that Article III limits Congress to authorizing suits between a U.S. citizen and a foreigner
holding that §1332(a)(2) did not provide jurisdiction and complete diversity was lacking because plaintiff and one of the two defendants were foreign corporations, thus foreign citizens
holding that §1332(a)(2) did not provide jurisdiction and complete diversity was lacking because plaintiff and one of the two defendants were foreign corporations, thus foreign citizens
expounding that where a foreigner is a party, a citizen of the United States must also be a party. As such, “[a] description of the parties is, therefore, indispensable to the exercise of jurisdiction”
“the legislative power of conferring jurisdiction on the federal Courts, is, in this respect, confined to suits between citizens and foreigners”
“the legislative power of conferring jurisdiction on the federal Courts, is, in this respect, confined to suits between citizens and foreigners”

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