CASTEEL v. GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 3303.

167 F.Supp. 435 (1958)

Donald R. CASTEEL, by next friend, Georgia Casteel Jones v. GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKING COMPANY and Ralph J. Medders.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

October 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley & DiRisio, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Kefauver, Duggan & McDonald, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendants.


DARR, Chief Judge.

On July 28, 1958, the defendants filed a petition to remove this case from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee, to this court. On August 11, 1958, the plaintiff filed a motion to remand because the amount sued for did not exceed $10,000.

On July 25, 1958, an amendment to the statutes regarding jurisdiction of the federal district courts raised the minimum amount required for jurisdiction from over $3,000 to over $10,000. The...

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