Pinel v. Pinel
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.. The facts, which involve the determination of the amount in controversy and whether it is sufficient to give the District Court jurisdiction, are stated iff the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This is a direct appeal under § 238, Jud. Code, from an order dismissing a bill of complaint for want of jurisdiction. There are two complainants, and the jurisdictional questions certified are, (1) whether the amount in controversy is sufficient to give the court jurisdiction, and (2) whether the parties are collusively joined.
It is averred in the bill that complainants and defendants are the children of. one Charles T. Pinel, a resident of the State of.Michigan, who died June 26, 1888, possessed'in fee simple of a tract of land situate in that State, and leaving a last will and testament…
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