Doble v. Buck

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California dismissing for want of jurisdiction an action by appellant, Mary E. Doble, against appellees, Walter E. Buck, R. Stanley Dollar, Walter A. Haas, William F. Humphrey, J. C. McKinstry, Alfred B. Swinerton, Joseph O. Tobin, Herbert Fleishhacker and Mortimer Fleishhacker, for damages in the sum of $26,718, with interest and costs.

The District Court’s jurisdiction was invoked on the ground that the matter in controversy exceeded, exclusive of interest and costs,…