Legal Opinion
Murdock v. Safety Casualty Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 21, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 1408PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLRED, District Judge.
This action, originally filed in the 36th .Judicial District Court of Aransas County, Texas, in this district and division, was removed to this court by defendant Safety Casualty Company, a Delaware corporation, on the basis of diversity of .citizenship and amount in controversy. Plaintiff has moved to remand, claiming that the amount in controversy does not ■exceed the sum of $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs. The action will be remanded, not because the amount in controversy is not sufficient, but because it is not “a separate and independent claim or cause of…
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- American Fire & Casualty Co. v. FinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Knight v. Chrysler CorporationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1955
- Chason Bros. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Baker v. Texas Employers Ins.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1952
3Cited by2 opinions
- Willie C. Covington v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America and B. W. Iley, D/B/A Iley Poultry PlantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Race v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1960