Continental Casualty Co. v. Spradlin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Lynchburg.__
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURT AM.
This case presents two points: The one upon motion to dismiss for want of service of process to bring the plaintiff in error — the defendant below — into court; the other a plea to the jurisdiction, because of the amount involved in the controversy, it being insisted by the plaintiff in error that said amount, as appears by the declaration, does not exceed $2,000, exclusive of interest and costs.
As to the first point, the record shows that before the same was raised the plaintiff in error, by its attorney, had entered a general appearance to the action. By such appearance want of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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