Blackburn v. Portland Gold Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was an action brought on August 27, 1897, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado, by William H. Blackburn, a citizen of the State of Colorado against the Portland Gold Mining Company, a corporation of the State of Iowa, and W. S. Stratton, a citizen of the State of Colorado.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. This was an action brought on August 27, 1897, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado, by William H. Blackburn, a citizen of the State of Colorado against the Portland Gold Mining Company, a corporation of the State of Iowa, and W. S. Stratton, a citizen of the State of Colorado. It was alleged in the complaint that the amount in dispute in the cause exceeded, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum of two thousand dollars; that the suit was of a civil nature at common law, and arose…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
As the court below filed no opinion, we are not distinctly-informed upon which of the several grounds alleged the court proceeded in dismissing the cause for want of jurisdiction, and therefore it will be necessary for this court to consider each and all of them.
First, then, does the record disclose that the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars ? The allegation in the complaint is “ that the amount in dispute in this cause exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum of two thousand dollars; ” and it is also made to appear…
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