Plunkett v. Bain

In negligence actions the jurisdiction of this court is limited to $3,000 or less (State Const, art. 6, § 15; N. Y. City Court Act, § 16, subd. 1). The Federal courts can take no jurisdiction, in diverse citizenship cases, unless the amount involved exceeds $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs. (U. S. Code, tit. 28, § 41; 28 U. S. C. A. § 41, subd. 1.) So that a cause of action in negligence, which this court has jurisdiction of, may not be removed to the Federal courts, because a court having jurisdiction should not remove a cause to a court not having jurisdiction thereof. On the other…