Briggs v. Stroud
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
In Equity. Bill by Elizabeth H. Briggs against Eliza J. Stroud and Mary E. Burson. Heard on pleas to the jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMA3?, District Judge.
The question here is upon the sufficiency of the pleas -filed by the defendants, respectively, to the bill of complaint. The bill alleges that the complainant is a citizen of Wisconsin, and of this district, and the defendants, respectively, of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and states the amount in controversy as §25,000 and over. It alleges rights of complainant to the corpus of the esta te of one Danelia S. Burson, as her niece, next of kin, and sole heir at law; that said Danelia S. Burson died testate, September 2, 1882, domiciled in Monroe county, Pa., and her will…
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