Massie v. Watts
Decision Date | 01 February 1810 |
Citation | 6 Cranch 148,10 U.S. 148,3 L.Ed. 181 |
Parties | MASSIE v. WATTS |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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Kaywal, Inc. v. Avangrid Renewables, LLC
...Section 39-3-4(A) (1999).4 The United States Supreme Court, Justice Marshall writing, had recently decided Massie v. Watts , 10 U.S. (6 Cranch) 148, 158-60, 3 L.Ed. 181 (1810), in which the Court held that Kentucky had subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff's suit to recover lands i......
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Steele v. Bulova Watch Co
...its territorial jurisdiction. State of New Jersey v. City of New York, 1931, 283 U.S. 473, 51 S.Ct. 519, 75 L.Ed. 1176; Massie v. Watts, 1810, 6 Cranch 148, 3 L.Ed. 181; The Salton Sea Cases, 9 Cir., 1909, 172 F. 792; cf. United States v. National Lead Co., 1947, 332 U.S. 319, 351—352, 363,......
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City of Jamestown v. Pennsylvania Gas Co.
...out of contract. In all cases of contract the suit may be brought in the district where the defendant may be found. In Massie v. Watts, 6 Cranch, 148, 3 L. Ed. 181, a suit was brought by a citizen of Virginia against a citizen of Kentucky, in the Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky, ......
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Wood v. Phillips
...158 U. S. 105, 15 S. Ct. 771, 39 L. Ed. 913. It was not brought to try the naked question of the title to the land. Massie v. Watts, 6 Cranch, 148, 158, 3 L. Ed. 181, 185. While the complainant's title lay at the foundation of the suit, and it would be necessary for the complainant to prove......
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