Legal Opinion
Young v. Main
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1934No. 9963PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEWEY, District Judge.
Jurisdiction of the court is invoked on the ground of diversity of citizenship, and the question for determination is whether the declaration, designated as the petition of the plaintiff, shows on its face an amount in controversy in excess of $3,000.
The petition, in so far as it bears upon the question raised, states the diversity of citizenship* of the parties. That the plaintiff seeks a money judgment against the defendants for the sum of $17,950, and “that during all of the times herein mentioned, and for some time prior thereto, the above named defendants, and each…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Day v. WoodworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Robertson v. CeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Scott v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Reiger v. TurleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- Wilson v. New United States Cattle-Ranch Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1896
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Sidney J. Brown v. James R. Coates, Marion E. Coates, and Margaret E. BrownCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Amos v. Prom, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1953
- William P. Gray v. Occidental Life Insurance Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Ringsby Truck Lines, Inc. v. Laurence J. BeardsleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Minick v. Associates Inv. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
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