Brown v. United Gas Public Service Co.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

In this case the only substantial question presented on the appeal is whether the petition of appellant shows sufficient amount in controversy to vest jurisdiction in the District Court. The suit was brought to recover additional royalties on gas produced under two mineral leases on separate tracts of land in Richland parish, La. The claim was made up of three items: (1) $2,855.67, a royalty of one-eighth of 3 cents per 1,000 cubic feet on gas produced from the wells, in excess of what had been paid; (2) $1,903.79, a royalty of one-eighth of 2 cents per 1,000 cubic feet…