Fields v. Equitable Life Insurance

Pee Cueiam.

In cases involving removal to the Federal Court on the ground that more than $3,000 is involved, the test is the value of the property of which the defendant may be deprived by the judgment demanded, rather than the amount of the claim of plaintiff alone, where, of course, such claim upon its face does not exceed the jurisdictional limitations. Harrison v. Allen, 152 N. C., 720, 68 S. E., 207.

It appears from the complaint that the policy of insurance provides that if the insured shall at any time become able to engage in any gainful occupation or shall fail to furnish satisfactory…