American Stores Co. v. Gerlach

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was originally brought in the state court. The plaintiffs claimed $20,009 each, or $40,000 damage. The defendant, alleging plaintiffs were citizens of Pennsylvania and defendant a corporate citizen of Delaware, removed the ease to the federal court. It was there tried and resulted in a verdict of $100 for each plaintiff. Plaintiffs moved for a new trial, which the court granted, and plaintiffs having reduced their claims to $2,750, the court remanded the case to the state court. Thereupon the defendant, alleging the court had no ground on which to grant a…