Chesbrough v. Northern Trust Co.

Citations

• 252 U.S. 83
• 40 S. Ct. 237
• 64 L. Ed. 470
• 1920 U.S. LEXIS 1662

Syllabus

<p>Judgment sustained as in accord with a stipulation to abide the final result of Chesb'ough v. Woodworth, 244 U. S. 72. P. 83.</p> <p>In an action in tort the amount involved is the damages claimed if the declaration discloses nothing rendering such a recovery impossible and no bad faith appears. P. 84.</p> <p>After a case of that character has been removed by defendant from a state court and judgment rendered against him in the District Court and Circuit Court of Appeals, it would require very clear error to justify this court in denying the jurisdiction upon the ground that the requisite amount was not involved. Id.</p>