Hinchliffe v. Carr

EGAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, suing in their capacity as guardians as well as in their own right, have initiated the instant suit to recover damages as a result of an automobile collision in which the minor plaintiff was injured. The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss under Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. Rule 12(b), 28 U.S.C.A., for want of the jurisdictional amount.

The defendant has admitted, for the purposes of this motion, that the minor plaintiff has sustained medical expenses in the amount' of $78 and that the property damage to the adult plaintiffs’ automobile amounts to $1,300, or a total…