Smithers v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. The plaintiff in error, a citizen of New York, brought in the Circuit Court for the Northern'District of Texas, a petition to try the title to 1,280 acres of land, against ten defendants,, citizens either of Texas, Kentucky of Illinois. Six of the defendants were warrantors of the plaintiff’s title, and questions arising as to them are not material here.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. The plaintiff in error, a citizen of New York, brought in the Circuit Court for the Northern'District of Texas, a petition to try the title to 1,280 acres of land, against ten defendants,, citizens either of Texas, Kentucky of Illinois. Six of the defendants were warrantors of the plaintiff’s title, and questions arising as to them are not material here. The.petition alleged that upon January 15, 1902, “the defendants Reagan, Smith, Greer and Deven unlawfully entered upon said premises and dispossessed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The plaintiff in- error brought an action in the Circuit Court for the recovery of certain land and damages for the detention thereof, basing jurisdiction upon a diversity of citizenship, which was undisputed. In such case it is essential to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court that “the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars.” Act of March 3, 1875; c. 137, § 1, 18 Stat. 470. Amended act of August 13, 1888; c. 866, § 1, 25 Stat. 434. The action was dismissed by the authority given by section 5 of the act.of March 3, 1875, in which…
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