Markell v. Matteson

Citations

• 153 F. 564
• 82 C.C.A. 518
• 1907 U.S. App. LEXIS 4437

Syllabus

<p>Courts — Federal Courts — Jurisdiction—Amount in Controversy.</p> <p>Where, in an action for breach of a contract for the sale of a drug business brought in a federal court, there was evidence that the business and good will was of such a value that plaintiff’s share thereof, together with $500 advanced by plaintiff as a part of the price for which he also sued, would amount to $2,000, an objection that the amount in controversy was not shown equal the jurisdictional amount because there was no proof of any market value of the goods inventoried or what they would sell for was unsustainable.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Jurisdiction of circuit courts as determined by the amount in controversy, see note to Auer v. Lombard, 19 C. C. A. 75; Tennent-Stribling Shoe Co. v. Roper, 36 C. C. A. 459.]</p>