Lee v. Continental Ins. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Utah
This case was instituted by J. E. Lee against the Continental Insurance Company in a court of Utah territory, and, on the admission thereof as a state, was transferred, on proper petition, to this court, on the ground of diverse citizenship. The case is now heard upon a motion to remand it to the proper state court.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, District Judge
(orally). In this case the same questions are raised as have been already passed upon in the cases of Crown Point Min. Co. v. Ontario Silver-Min. Co., 74 Fed. 419, and Fraser v. Trent, Id. 423. But there is one additional question in this case which requires attention. It appears from the papers on file that the amount in controversy, as claimed by the plaintiff in his petition, is $1,058, — an amount under the minimum ($2,000) of ihe jurisdiction of this court, — and for this reason also plaintiff presents his motion to remand. It appears from the pleadings, as they stood prior to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Crown Point Min. Co. v. Ontario Silver-Min. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Utah · 1896
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