SPARKS v. ENGLAND

No. 11648.

113 F.2d 579 (1940)

SPARKS v. ENGLAND et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

July 25, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Warten, of Joplin, Mo., for appellant.

R. H. Davis, of Joplin, Mo. for appellees.

Before GARDNER, SANBORN, and WOODROUGH, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The court below dismissed the complaint of appellant (plaintiff) upon the ground that it failed to disclose that an amount sufficient to confer jurisdiction was in controversy. From the resulting judgment, the plaintiff appeals.

In her complaint, after asserting diversity of citizenship and that the amount in controversy exceeded $3,000, she alleged, in the first count, that she owned a cemetery lot in Jasper County, Missouri, and that...

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