Robinson v. Snyder Nat. Bank

I concur in the view that the primary claim constitutes a cause of action of which the District Court has no jurisdiction, and that, so far as it alone is involved, the court properly sustained defendants’ plea to the jurisdiction. But in my opinion, the alternative claim does not appear to be a cause of action of which the District Court does have jurisdiction. If it does not so appear, then it cannot be said that as to such cause of action the court erred in sustaining the plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing the suit.

It may be granted that a mere failure of plaintiffs’ petition to…