Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1873 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 28 U.S.C. § 1873 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 953.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 770 (R.S. Secs. 566,
648; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167).
Words "and Territories" following words "in different States"
were omitted as obsolete. The act of February 26, 1845, ch. 20, 5
Stat. 726, from which this language was derived was intended
primarily to cover the Great Lakes regions.
The first sentence of section 770 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
providing generally for the right of jury trials in district
courts, was omitted as covered by Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure.
Changes were made in phraseology.