This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...('or' that the defendant is indebted to him 'as the case may be') to a greater amount than the said sum;" and in the event of an issue thereon being found for the defendant, the defendant shall be entitled to judgment and his costs of jsnit.2 VIII. REMOVAL OF CAUSES FROM STATE TO FEDERAL COURTS. Sec. 442. The Act of Congress of March 3, 1875,3 was amended by the Act of March 3, 1887,4 and the latter act was corrected by the Act of August 13, 1888.5 This act as amended, practically supersedes all previous acts upon the subject of the removal of causes from State to the United States courts, and provides: "That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treatise made, or which shall be made, under their authority, or in which controversy the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States, in which the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value aforesaid, or a controversy between citizens of the same State, claiming lands under grants of different States, or a controversy between citizens of a State and foreign States, citizens, or subjects, in which the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value aforesaid." 1. Superior Court Rules, Rule 7, Sec. 1. 2. Ibid. Rule 7, Sec. 2. 3. 18 U. S. Stat. 470. 4. 24 U. S. Stat. 552. 5. 25 U. S. Stat. 433. Sec. 443. When Cause May be...