Wisconsin Cent. Ry. Co. v. Phœnix Ins.

Citations

• 123 F. 989
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4965

Syllabus

<p>1. Federal Court—<J urisdictional Amount—Joinder of Defendants.</p> <p>Eev. St. Wis. 1898, § 2609a, authorizes the joinder of several causes of action against several insurance companies liable for a single loss under several policies. Held, that since, notwithstanding such joinder, the liability of each was separate, and not joint, the federal court had no jurisdiction of such an action where the alleged liability of each insurance company did not exceed $2,000.</p> <p>¶ 1. Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts as determined by the amount in controversy, see notes to Auer v. Lombard, 19 C. C. A. 75; Tennent-Stribling Shoe Co. v. Koper, 36 C. C. A. 459.</p> <p>See Courts, vol. 13, Cent. Dig. § 891,</p>