Taylor v. Midland Valley R.
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
At Law. Action by Ruby Taylor, by her next friend, James Taylor, against Midland! Valley Railroad Company. On motion to remand case to the state court.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
This is a motion to remand this case to the state court from which it was removed because, as stated in the motion, “the matter in controversy does not exceed and is less than the sum of $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs.” The amount sued for is $2,900. The cause of action arose on the 14th day of November, 1911. The suit was brought on the 25th day of January, 1912.
The Judicial Code which changed the jurisdictional amount from a sum in excess of $2,000 to a sum in excess of $3,000 went into effect January 1, 1912. The change was an amendment of the statute in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Washington Home for Incurables v. American Security & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
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- McKernan v. North River Ins.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1912
- Cady v. BarnesDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1913
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