Bank of Arapahoe v. David Bradley & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. The defendant in error, David Bradley & Company, a corporation of Iowa, brought this action against the plaintiff in error, the Bank of Arapahoe, setting up, as its cause of action: That, in February, 1891, James B. Murray was carrying on an agricultural implement business at Arapahoe, Neb.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. The defendant in error, David Bradley & Company, a corporation of Iowa, brought this action against the plaintiff in error, the Bank of Arapahoe, setting up, as its cause of action: That, in February, 1891, James B. Murray was carrying on an agricultural implement business at Arapahoe, Neb. That, for the purpose of ascertaining his business standing and solvency, the plaintiff corporation, which was a manufacturer and dealer in agricultural and farming implements at Council Bluffs, Iowa, addressed to the…
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge',
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
Numerous errors are assigned to the ruling of the court in admitting and rejecting evidence, and to instructions given and refused, and it is also assigned for error that the amount in controversy was not sufficient to give the circuit court jurisdiction. This last assignment is the only one we find it necessary to consider. It is averred in the complaint that the goods sold by the plaintiff to Murray on the faith of the alleged false representations of the defendant were of (he value of $1,643.68. In…
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