GENERAL ACC. FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORPORATION v. MOSTERT

No. 10251.

131 F.2d 596 (1942)

GENERAL ACC. FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORPORATION, Ltd., v. MOSTERT.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 30, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. S. McCorquodale and Jno. C. Williams, both of Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Douglas W. McGregor, of Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

N. J. Mostert made a claim for compensation before the Texas Industrial Accident Board for an industrial injury. He was awarded payments aggregating $1,350.00. The insurer, appellant here, brought suit in the district court to set the award aside, alleging as the basis of federal jurisdiction diverse citizenship and an amount involved in excess of $3,000. Mostert moved to dismiss because the amount in controversy is less than $3,000. No evidence...

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