Seeley v. Kansas City

COLLET, District Judge.

On motion to dismiss, defendant City of Kansas City, Missouri, challenges the sufficiency of plaintiff’s petition on the ground that it does not state a claim against defendant upon which relief can be granted. Want of jurisdiction is also asserted on the ground the requisite amount in dispute is not shown.

The petition alleges that plaintiff, a resident and citizen of the State of Illinois, is the owner of ten $1,000.00 judgment bonds issued by defendant on March 1, 1927, due March 1, 1945, which have a market value of $10,000; that the defendant has outstanding and…