Mossman v. Higginson

Supreme Court of the United States
Full case name	Mossman v. Higginson
Holding
"The parties to an equity suit must be so described on the record as to show that the court has jurisdiction. It is not enough that an alien is a party ; the other pafty must be a citizen. A writ of error may be amended by filling the blank left for the return day, there being enough on the writ to amend by."
Court membership

Mossman v. Higginson, 4 U.S. 12 (1800) was an 1800 decision of the United States Supreme Court asserting that "The parties to an equity suit must be so described on the record as to show that the court has jurisdiction. It is not enough that an alien is a party ; the other pafty must be a citizen. A writ of error may be amended by filling the blank left for the return day, there being enough on the writ to amend by."^[1]

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 4

References

1. ^ Reports of decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: with notes and a digest, Volume 1 (Little, Brown, 1887), pg. 313 [1]