Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Roosevelt Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 11, 1943No. Civil Action 1908PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EORD, District Judge.
This is an action based on Chapter 156, Section 46, of the General Laws of Massachusetts (Ter.Ed.) Annotated Laws of Massachusetts, Vol. 5, p. 109, brought by Ernest Sherman, plaintiff, a stockholder in the defendant corporation. It comes before me on defendant’s amended motion to dismiss, the grounds being: (1) That plaintiff is a citizen of Massachusetts rather than of Connecticut as alleged in the complaint and, consequently, there is no diversity of citizenship; (2) that the amount in controversy is less than three thousand dollars; and (3) that the plaintiff is not…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Collins v. City of AshlandDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1901
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Shaffer v. TepperDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1955
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