Interstate Building & Loan Ass'n v. Edgefield Hotel Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
In Equity. On plea going to the jurisdiction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill filed fey the Interstate Building & Loan Association against the Edgefield Hotel Company, praying the foreclosure of a mortgage. The defendant has filed both a demurrer and a plea to the whole bill. Both of these go to the jurisdiction of the court, — that the amount in controversy is less' than $2,000. Having been required to elect (see Strang v. Railroad Co., 41 C. C. A. 479, 101 Fed. 511), the defendant stands on the plea. The question is this:' Does the matter in dispute exceed $2,000, exclusive of interest and costs? The matter in dispute is the…
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