Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 1948No. 9507PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by plaintiff, a resident of Illinois, against defendants, also residents of Illinois, in which plaintiff seeks only to partition one hundred acres of land located in Peoria County, Illinois. In the District Court defendants asserted that under the' allegations of the complaint, the court lacked jurisdiction, and moved to dismiss the complaint. The court sustained the motion and dismissed the complaint.
Concededly, no diversity of citizenship exists. Nevertheless, plaintiff contends that the court had jurisdiction because, so it is said, the matter in…
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