Legal Opinion
Gassman v. Jarvis
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Decided March 8, 1899No. 9,807PublishedCited by 10 opinions
At Law.-. On motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEE, District Judge.
Tbis is an action for the recovery of damages for a personal injury, brought in the court below, and removed by the defendant into this court. The defendant now moves the court to dismiss the action for the reason that the state court whence it has been removed had no jurisdiction of the cause of action, and therefore that this court by its removal has acquired none. The want of jurisdiction in the court below is claimed to arise out of these facts: The plaintiff on April 18, 1898, filed his complaint in the state court against the defendant, as receiver, for the same…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kern v. HuidekoperSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Cox v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
- Gassman v. JarvisU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1899
3Cited by10 opinions
- Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- Rodman v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1902
- Carr v. HowellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
- Holbrook v. J. J. Quinlan & Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1911
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. AkinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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