Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. The eleventh section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 vests in the Circuit Courts original jurisdiction of suits of a civil nature, at law and in equity, when the matter involved exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, in three classes of eases: 1st, when the United States are plai…
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