Bank of the United States vs. The Northumberland, Union and Columbia Bank
“This cause comes before the court upon an agreement of counsel that judgment should be entered for the plaintiffs for $2981 23 cents, subject to the opinion of the court on the question, ‘whether the plaintiffs, being a corporation established by congress, within the city of Philadelphia, can maintain a suit in this court against the defendants, being a corporation established by an act of the legislature of this state, within the jurisdiction of the same, and transacting business therein.’ By the second section of the third article of the constitution of the United States, it is declared,