ALLSMAN v. RHODES

No. 463.

37 F.Supp. 122 (1941)

ALLSMAN v. RHODES.

District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 2, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Epley & Johnson and Marion J. Epley, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Watson & Williams, of Natchitoches, La., for mover-exceptor.


CAILLOUET, District Judge.

The mover and exceptor's primary exceptions and motion, as well as his alternative exceptions, are all overruled.

Admiralty jurisdiction, in contract cases, is dependent upon the maritime nature of the contract, and that jurisdiction is general; there is no minimum or maximum limit of the amount in controversy. "Benedict on Admiralty", 6th Ed. Knauth, Vol. 1, pp. 2 and 3.

The contract reflected by the pleadings in this case...

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