Louis E. Miller v. Pine Bluff Hotel Company

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant (plaintiff below) was unsuccessful in his attempt to recover for the loss of jewelry found by the jury to have a value of $65,000, and has appealed from the judgment in favor of appellee. Jurisdiction rests upon diversity and the amount in controversy.

There is no serious disagreement as to the facts. Plaintiff is engaged in tha business of selling imported diamonds, set in ring mountings, to retail jewelry outlets throughout the United States, with emphasis on the southern states. On October 15, 1957, in the late afternoon, plaintiff and his wife arrived at…