U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana January 5, 1884 (New Orleans Nat. Bank v. Merchant)

Pardee, J.

Naturally the first question to be passed upon is motion to remand to the state court. That the suit is one of a civil nature in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the value of $500, and arises under the laws of the United States, is not disputed.