Shields v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the district court of the United States for the northern district of Iowa. Mr. Platt Smith moved to dismiss the appeal for want -oi jurisdiction, as the amount of none of the several decrees was for $2,000, and referred to the case of Oliver et al. v. Alexander et al. 6 Peters, 143.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is an appeal from the decree of the district court of the United States, exercising the powers of a circuit court for the district of Iowa. A motion has been made on behalf of Isaac Thomas, one of the appellees, to dismiss it upon the ground that the sum in controversy with him is less than two thousand dollars.
Thé facts in the case may be stated in a few words, so far as they are material to the decision of the motion.
John Goldsberry, of Kentucky, died intestate, leaving a large personal estate, to which the present appellees, together with other persons named in the proceedings, were…
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