Glenwood Light & Water Co. v. Mutual Light, Heat & Power Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the District Court under Judicial Code, § 24, and the determination of the amount in controversy in a case for injunction, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing a bill of complaint for want of jurisdiction; the jurisdiction having been invoked upon the ground that the suit was between citizens of different States, and that the matter in controversy exceeded the sum or value of three thousand dollars (Jud. Code, § 24; act of March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1087, 1091). The bill, besides the requisite averments as to the citizenship of the parties, alleges in substance that complainant is the owner by assignment of a franchise granted in the year 1887 by the Town of Glenwood Springs, in…
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