Case Name: ARNOLD v. MARSHAL OF UNITED STATES
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Georgia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-11
Citations: 1 F. Cas. 1181
Docket Number: 
Parties: ARNOLD v. MARSHAL OF UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 1181–1181

Head Matter:
Case No. 560.
ARNOLD v. MARSHAL OF UNITED STATES.
[1 U. S. Law Int. 56.]
Circuit Court, D. Georgia.
Nov., 1828.
Right to Sue is United States’ Courts.

Opinion:
The question was whether the plaintiff was a citizen of Rhode-Island, and entitled to sue in the circuit court of the United States. He proved that he was born in Rhode-Island, and had always resided there until a few years since, when he obtained a considerable property in Georgia, since which time he has passed the winter months in Georgia on his plantation, and the summer months in Rhode-Island; he keeps a furnished dwelling-house in both states all the year. The court decided that whilst he might be liable in Georgia to the performance of certain duties, such as military, jury, &e., yet he could not be deprived of his privileges as a citizen of Rhode-Island, since it appeared from the evidence, that he had exercised or claimed no privileges as a citizen of Georgia, and when compelled to perform jury duty, had protested against its compromising his privileges as a citizen of Rhode-Island. Under the circumstances of this case, the will of the party must decide, and the plea is overruled.