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157 F. 317

Hackett v. Kuhne

United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York · decided 1907-11-02

<p>Removal or Causes — Citizenship op Dependants.</p> <p>An action by a citizen of another state against citizens of the state in which it is brought and aliens is not removable.</p> <p>LEd. Note. — Diverse citizenship as a ground of federal jurisdiction, see notes to Shipp v. Williams, 10 C. C. A. 249; Mason v. Dullagham, 27 C. C. A. 298.]</p>

2 counsel of record

Relies on Brown v. Webster · Martin v. Snyder · Mexia v. Oliver

Decided 1907-11-02

¶1Removal or Causes — Citizenship op Dependants.

¶2An action by a citizen of another state against citizens of the state in which it is brought and aliens is not removable.

¶3LEd. Note. — Diverse citizenship as a ground of federal jurisdiction, see notes to Shipp v. Williams, 10 C. C. A. 249; Mason v. Dullagham, 27 C. C. A. 298.]

¶4On Motion to Remand to State Court.

¶5James R. Ely, for the motion.

¶6Antonio Knauth, opposed.

¶7WARD, Circuit Judge.

¶8This is a motion to remand. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants, by fraudulent representations, induced him to buy stock for the price of $2,000 on July 10, 1901. He brings *318this action to recover his damages, and measures them by the amount paid, with‘interest from the date of payment. In this way he makes his claim $2,000, Without interest or costs, á sum not sufficient to give this court jurisdiction. ■

¶9The defendants contend that the claim is really for a sum exceeding $2,000, and that the plaintiff cannot defeat the court’s jurisdiction by measuring his damages in this way; the amount claimed as interest not being accessory to but a part of the claim itself. Brown v. Webster, 156 U. S. 328, 15 Sup, Ct. 377, 39 L. Ed. 440.

¶10I think the defendants are right; but as plaintiff is a citizen of Wisconsin, and the defendants are some o.f them citizens and residents of New.York and .some of them aliens, they, are not nonresidents, so as to be entitled to remove the action under the act of March 3, 1887. Martin v. Snyder, 148 U. S. 663, 13 Sup. Ct. 706, 37 L. Ed. 602.

¶11The motion to remand is granted.

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