Springstead v. Crawfordsville State Bank
Citations
- 231 U.S. 541
- 34 S. Ct. 195
- 58 L. Ed. 354
- 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2516
Syllabus
<p>In determining the amount in controversy for jurisdictional purposes the attorney’s fee provided for in a promissory note in case of suit can be considered, as it is not a part of the costs. .</p> <p>Failure to allege the citizenship of the original payee of a note on which suit is brought by the assignee is a jurisdictional defect; but if diversity of citizenship between the plaintiff and defendant is alleged the defect is amendable.</p> <p>Under § 299 of the Judicial Code, amendments to the pleadings are allowable if the jurisdictional amount existed when the suit was brought notwithstanding that since then the amount necessary to give jurisdiction has been' increased.</p>
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- including a reasonable attorneys’ fee when computing the jurisdictional threshold in an action “on two promissory notes . . . [which] provid[ed] for the payment of a reasonable attorney’s fee”
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Judges: White
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