Legal Opinion
Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance Society
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 8, 1943No. 17PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The question here is whether petitioner’s complaint was properly dismissed on the ground that the matter in controversy did not really and substantially exceed $3,000 as required by §§ 24 and 37 of the Judicial Code.
Filed in the federal court for the Middle District of Alabama, petitioner’s complaint alleged that he had been induced to purchase an insurance certificate through fraudulent misrepresentations of respondents’ agent bear ing upon its actual value, and claimed $200,000 as actual and punitive damages. The record shows that at the time of the dismissal petitioner had paid only…
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- Sparks v. EnglandCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
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