McDaniel v. Traylor

Citations

• 123 F. 338
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4901

Syllabus

<p>1. United States Circuit Court—Jurisdiction—Amount Involved—Action to Set Aside Judgments of Separate Defendants—Right to Aggregate Judgments.</p> <p>A suit by heirs to set aside, as fraudulent, a number of judgments rendered by a probate court in favor of different defendants against the estate, cannot be brought within the jurisdiction of the circuit court by adding together the amounts of the judgments, so as to produce an aggregate in excess of $2,000; no one judgment exceeding that amount, and there being no allegation making the defendants liable jointly, but the case requiring,' in the event of a determination favorable to complainants, separate decrees against each defendant.</p> <p>9. Same—Value of Real Estate.</p> <p>An action by heirs to set aside, as fraudulent, judgments rendered by a probate court against the estate, none of which exceeds $2,000, cannot be brought within the jurisdiction of the circuit court by reason of the fact that the real estate on which the judgments are liens exceeds in value that amount.</p> <p>¶ 1. Jurisdiction of circuit courts, as determined by tbe amount in controversy, see notes to Auer v. Lombard, 19 C. C. A. 75; Greene v. Iron Co., 36 C. C. A. 459.</p>