Edwards v. Bates County
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE . WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. On October 5,1891, plaintiff in error filed his petition to recover from the defendant an aggregate alleged indebtedness, consisting of the following items: 1. The principal of two bonds for one thousand dollars each, issued by the defendant on January 18,1871, with interest from the date of maturity of the bonds (January 18,1886); 2. The amount of interest coupons on said bonds, due and…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE . WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. On October 5,1891, plaintiff in error filed his petition to recover from the defendant an aggregate alleged indebtedness, consisting of the following items: 1. The principal of two bonds for one thousand dollars each, issued by the defendant on January 18,1871, with interest from the date of maturity of the bonds (January 18,1886); 2. The amount of interest coupons on said bonds, due and payable on the eighteenth day of January, in the years 1873 to 1886, both inclusive, with interest from the maturity of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
We are solely concerned in this case in determining whether or not the Circuit Court possessed jurisdiction over the claim asserted in the petition. Act of March 3,1891, c. 517, § 5.
• From the facts heretofore detailed the following questions arise:
First. Should the Circuit Court have taken into consideration, for the purpose of ascertaining the adequacy of the jurisdictional amount, the claim of plaintiff upon the interest coupons attached to the two one thousand dollar bonds ?
Second. Did the court rightly hold that the amount of the claim upon the funding bonds was not an item “in dispute”…
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