Swan Island Club, Inc. v. Ansell

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The question presented by the appeal in this ease is whether there was a sufficient amount in controversy to confer jurisdiction on the District Court, the parties being of diverse citizenship (U. S. Code Ann., title 28, § 41). The plaintiff’s bill of .complaint alleged, and the defendant’s answer denied, that more than $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs, was involved in the controversy. The subject matter of the litigation is the plaintiff’s effort, by bill in equity for an injunction, to protect its property, the chief-utility of which is for shooting wild fowl,…