Bingham v. Cabot , 3 U.S. 382 ( 1798 )

The Court

were clearly of opinion, that it was neceffa-ry to fet forth the citizenihip (or alienage, where a'foreigner was concerned)' of the refpective parties, in order to bring the1 cafe within the jurifditftion of the Circuit Court; and that the record, in the prefent cafe,- was in that rdpetSt defective. .

This caufe and many others, in the fame predicament, .were, accordingly, ftruck off the docket.