Florence Purdy v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents only the question whether the court below had jurisdiction of this diversity action brought by appellee Aetna to set aside the award of $11,600.00 by the Industrial Accident Board of the State of Texas upon a death claim made by the family and attorneys of Walter Bethel Purdy under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act. 1 Appellants, the Purdys and their attorneys, raise one point only — that the court below did not have jurisdiction based upon their claim that appellee’s suit does not involve $10,000, 2 that the proceeding is nothing more than an…