United States v. Kloman

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The question here is whether the United States District Court for the District of Columbia had jurisdiction of a civil action brought by the United States to recover less than $3,000. The District Court dismissed the complaint on the theory that the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia had exclusive jurisdiction.

When this suit was brought the Judicial Code provided that district courts had jurisdiction “First. Of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, brought by the United States * * *; or, where the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of…