Dupree v. Leggette

Citations

• 140 F. 776
• 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 4832

Syllabus

<p>Coubts — United States Courts — Jurisdictional Averments in Pleadings— Amount in Controversy.</p> <p>A bill to recover an interest in lands of a decedent, in which the only-allegation with respect to the amount or value in controversy is that “complainants are informed and believe that the whole of said lands * * * are worth $12,000, and the amount demanded by them herein is more than $2,000,” is argumentative, leaving the court to make a calculation, and does not meet the statutory requirement to give a federal court jurisdiction.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Jurisdiction of circuit courts as determined by the amount in controversy, see notes to Auer v. Lombard, 19 C. C. A. 75; Tennent-Stribling Shoe Go. v. Roper, 36 C. C. A. 459.]</p>