Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1836-03-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 4 Cranch 682 · 4 D.C. 682
Opinion
But the Court (Morsell, J., absent,) overruled the objection; and Cranch, C. J., said that this Court did not derive any part of its jurisdiction from the laws of Maryland which gave jurisdiction to the courts of that State. Our jurisdiction is given by the act of Congress. The Maryland Act of -1715 was applicable only to the county courts; it was a limitation of their powers only; it did not prevent the owner of the goods from being a witness in the provincial court.