Whittemore v. Amoskeag National Bank

Citations

• 134 U.S. 527
• 10 S. Ct. 592
• 33 L. Ed. 1002
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 1992

Syllabus

<p>In an action against a national bank in a Circuit Court of tie United States, if all the parties are citizens of the district in which the hank is situated, and the action does not come under section 5209 or section 5239 of the Revised Statutes, the Circuit Court has no jurisdiction; and, if it has taken jurisdiction ^.nd dismissed the bill upon another ground, its decree will he reversed and the causerremanded with a direction to dismiss the hill for want of jurisdiction.</p>