Lindsay-Button Live Stock Co. v. Justice

Citations

• 191 F. 163
• 111 C.C.A. 525

Syllabus

<p>Courts (§ 347*) — Jurisdiction oe Federal Courts — Necessity of Proving Jurisdictional Averments — Effect of General Denial in Answer.</p> <p>In a code state, where a general denial puts in Issue every material allegation of the complaint not specifically admitted, which rule of pleading is made applicable in the federal courts by the conformity statute (Rev. St. § 914 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 684]), a general denial puts in issue an allegation of diverse citizenship made in a complaint in a federal court, and imposes on the plaintiff the burden of proving the same to sustain the jurisdiction.</p> <p>FEd. Note. — For other cases, see Courts, Cent. Dig. § 921; Dec. Dig. § 347.*</p> <p>Conformity of practice in common-law actions to that of state court, see notes to O’Connell v. Reed, 5 C. C. A. 594; Nederland Life Ins. Co. v. Hall, 27 C. C. A. 392.]</p>