Legal Opinion
Eagle Star Insurance Company, Limited v. Augustin Maltes, Gilberto Perez, and Bernabe Arroyo
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 1, 1963No. 19718_1PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge,
This appeal presents the threshold inquiry as to the jurisdiction of the trial court. It is a suit filed by three injured parties who allege that they had obtained judgments against the appellant’s assured “for the sum of $13,200 damages and costs of $85.80, which said judgments are a matter of record in said court.” The complaint did not allege the amount of the judgment of any one of the three appellees. It is obvious that no more than one of them could have had a judgment in excess of $10,000, and when the case came on for hearing on a motion for summary judgment and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Pinel v. PinelSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- C. E. Carnes & Co. v. Employers' Liability Assur. Corp., Ltd. of LondonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
- Oliver v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Clay v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Shields v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Tom Everett v. Verizon Wireless, Inc., Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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