Carson & Rand Lumber Co. v. Holtzclaw

The only questions that can properly be considered on a motion of this character are (1) whether the petition for removal shows on its face that the amount involved in the controversy is insufficient to give this court jurisdiction; and (2) whether the applicant for removal can remove the case, in view of the fact that he originally brought the suit in the state court to recover a sum of less than $2,000, and that his right to now remove the suit under “the local prejudice clause” of the act of March 3, 1887, is predicated solely on the fact that the original defendant has filed a large…