Mossman v. Higginson

Mossman v. Higginson, 4 U.S. (4 Dall.) 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 party 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]

Mossman v. Higginson
Decided August 11, 1800
Full case nameMossman v. Higginson
Citations4 U.S. 12 (more)
4 Dall. 12; 1 L. Ed. 720; 1800 U.S. LEXIS 298
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 party 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
Chief Justice
Oliver Ellsworth
Associate Justices
William Cushing · William Paterson
Samuel Chase · Bushrod Washington
Alfred Moore

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
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