Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Ambassador Concessions, Inc.

In this diversity suit growing out of a written lease to operate a parking business and an automobile rental business on plaintiff’s property in Miami, Florida, the defendant’s motion to dismiss on the ground that the complaint failed to state “a claim against the defendant upon which relief can be granted,” and that “the Court lacks jurisdiction because the amount actually in controversy is less than ten thousand dollars,” was sustained by the district court.

Plaintiff then moved to file an amended complaint under Rule 15, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and attached a proposed amended…