Large v. Consolidated Nat. Bank

Citations

• 137 F. 168
• 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 5213

Syllabus

<p>1, Jurisdiction of Federal Courts—Mandamus—Amount in dispute.</p> <p>On an application to a federal court by a shareholder in a national banking association for a writ of mandamus to compel the association to permit him to inspect a list of its shareholders, based on Rev. St. § 5210 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3498], .the pleadings must show that the matter in dispute exceeds the value of $2,000 to give the 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 Co. v. Roper, 36 C. C. A. 459.]</p> <p>2. Same—Original Action for Mandamus.</p> <p>A federal court has power to issue a mandamus only in the exercise of a jurisdiction to which such proceeding is ancillary.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 13, Cent. Dig. Courts, § 803.]</p>