Barnes v. Parker

RIDGE, District Judge.

Defendant Parker has perfected removal proceedings in both of the above causes which were originally filed in the Circuit Court of Douglas County, Missouri, on the alleged ground of diverse citizenship of the parties, and requisite jurisdictional amount being involved. Although no motion to remand has been filed, we have examined each of the actions to ascertain the extent of our jurisdiction. If it appears that the removals herein were “improvident and without jurisdiction”, we must sua sponte remand these causes to the state court. 1441(c), 28 U.S.C.A.; Pittsburgh, C.…