Kirby v. American Soda Fountain Co.

Citations

• 194 U.S. 141
• 24 S. Ct. 619
• 48 L. Ed. 911
• 1904 U.S. LEXIS 859

Syllabus

<p>The general rule is that when the jurisdiction of a Circuit Court of the United States has once attached it will not be ousted by subsequeht change in the conditions.</p> <p>A Circuit Court may proceed to judgment on a cross bill where defendant’s .pecuniary claim is less than $2,000, if the jurisdictional amount in dispute appears from bill, answer and cross bill which relate to the same' transaction; notwithstanding the original bill has been voluntarily dismissed.</p>