Price & Hart v. T. J. Ellis & Co.

Citations

• 129 F. 482
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4759

Syllabus

<p>1. Removal of Causes — Amount in Dispute — Counterclaim.</p> <p>Where the defendant in an action by a nonresident in a state court to recover a sum less than $2,000 files a counterclaim by which he seeks to recover a sum greater than $2,000, the cause is removable by the plaintiff at or before the time he is required to plead to such counterclaim.</p> <p>Í1. See Removal of Causes, vol. 42, Cent. Dig. § 131.</p>