by John Marshall Harlan, Metcalf v. City of Watertown — Opinion of the Court
“ And if the plaintiff properly invoked the original jurisdiction of the circuit court of the United States, in respect to the cause of action set out in his complaint, the question of limitation, under one construction of the local statute, would be decisive of the case. But is the present suit, therefore, one arising under the constitution or the laws of the United States, within the meaning of the act of 1875? We think not. ”
