General
Wood v. Wagnon
6 U.S. 102 Cranch 10·Supreme Court of the United States·1804
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Opinion
Wood v. Wagnon.
Averments to confer jurisdiction.
The courts of the United States have not jurisdiction in cases between citizens of the United States, unless the record expressly states them to be citizens of different states.
Error from the Circuit Court of the district of Georgia. The judgment was reversed, because it did not appear upon the record, that the circuit court had jurisdiction of the case.
The proceedings stated, that “the petition of John Peter Wagnon, a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, showeth, that James’Wood, of the state of Georgia,” &o.
[MAJORITY]
The objection taken was, that it did not appear that the plaintiff and defendant were citizens of different states, and on that ground, the judgment was reversed, upon the authority of Bingham v. Cabot et al., 3 Dall. 382.