Sullivan v. Barnard
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
This is an action,by Joseph W. Sullivan against J. T. Barnard, as receiver of the Omaha & St. Louis Railway Company, for personal injuries, removed from the state court on petition of defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
PHILIPS, District Judge.
This is a motion to remand the cause to the state court from which it was removed into this court. The ground for removal is that the amount in controversy is less than $2,000, exclusive of interest and costs. To understand this contention, it must be stated that defendant, as the petition alleges, at the time of the institution of the suit in the state court was a receiver appointed by the. United States circuit court for the Southern district of the state of Iowa, and also in the United States circuit court for this district; and he was sued as such receiver in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- White v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- McNulta v. LochridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Rouse v. LetcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- McCormick Harvesting MacHine Co. v. WalthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Carpenter v. Northern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington · 1896
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