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 4. To detv uthr  atuto unayt/tut/ona/ o.s preventin pson af],zd  reri to courts. Whether a stats statute is unconstitutional hecaue the penaltie for vioiation e o enormouz that pereorm affected thereby are prevented from refrting to the cour for the purpose of determining the validity of the statuts and axe thereby denied the equal protection of the law and their property rendered liable to be taken without due proce of law, is a Federal qucetion and give the Circuit Court jurisdiction. Ib. While the court, i detsrmining whether diver citisenship exists, ny dimlpmt the pleFs ment of pai d a th g   ,  t pt's ntmve  ty with all the pi   defd, all of whom am ne pai, none of   f ju pu  m othe t  d; d  ,   ion inst a tion d othem by one of t sckldem, tt where the mpt alle jolt fud- t duct on t p of the mtion d the other defenders th wm it jotly  tt ch, the mt.ion not     a y pt ev if it might   i cial   ve e p pmv. (Do v. Ha, 1 U.S. 579.) V v.NR.Co.,. 6. D,ii  ,'ht to su and rjht to 'oec'ute pa,gar bFll. by ,to&hold aOa,t The right to bring a suit .is distinguishable from the right to prosecuts the pmieuiar bill; and, where the other jurisdictional essentials exist, the Circuit Court ha jurisdiction of an action against a corporation by one and for that resin must be dlamised. The jurillction of the Circuit Court is preseribed by laws enaed by Con- gre in pumuance of the Conztitution and while this court my, by rulez not inconzlstent with law, regulate the manner in which that juriediction  be exereised, that jurisdiction nnt by uch rulm he ex/rged or diminlelu. 8. Aptan o! iu,dt/on on r0a to. In either case, the filing by the defendant of a petition for removal, the filing by the plaintiff after removal of an amended complaint or the giving of a stipulation for contintmnce, amounte to the acceptance of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. In 'e Moo, 490. 3 Corr o Coa% 2;

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