McKINZIE v. SPRINGFIELD CITY WATER CO.

Civ. A. No. 1210.

114 F.Supp. 649 (1953)

McKINZIE et al. v. SPRINGFIELD CITY WATER CO.

United States District Court S. D. Missouri, W. D.

September 8, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Sweeney, Monett, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Neale, Newman, Bradshaw, Freeman & Neale, Springfield, Mo., for defendant.


REEVES, Chief Judge.

The motion to remand in the above case is sustained. The prayer of the complaint is for exactly $3,000. Both Section 1331 and Section 1332, Title 28 U.S.C.A. provide that the national courts can only have jurisdiction where "the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs, * * *." The language is practically the same in both sections.

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