Brigham-Hopkins Co. v. Gross
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
At Law. On demurrer to complaint. Action at law, against tlie surviving members of the late firm of Gross Bros., citizens of the state of Washington, by a citizen of a different state, alleging as a first cause of action an indebtedness of the firm to him amounting' to less than §2,000, and setting forth in his complaint other causes of action, alleged to have been assigned to him. by creditors of the firm, each of the assignors being a citizen of a state other than the…
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At Law. On demurrer to complaint. Action at law, against tlie surviving members of the late firm of Gross Bros., citizens of the state of Washington, by a citizen of a different state, alleging as a first cause of action an indebtedness of the firm to him amounting' to less than §2,000, and setting forth in his complaint other causes of action, alleged to have been assigned to him. by creditors of the firm, each of the assignors being a citizen of a state other than the state of Washington, and each of the assigned claims being for a sum less than $2,000. The amount in controversy, including…
1Opinion of the Court
HAXFORI), District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). By their demurrer the defendants dispute the right of the plaintiff to *770maintain this action on three grounds, viz: First, the case is not cognizable in this court, for the reason that, if no assignment had been made to the plaintiff by other creditors, no action could be maintained in this court to collect either of the demands in suit, as the amount of each is less than the jurisdictional limit; second, the complaint fails to allege any reason for not joining the administrator or other representative of the deceased partner as a…
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