¶1The state court was not bound to grant the petition for removal, unless it was satisfied, that the sum in dispute amounted to five hundred dollars. Having done so, it follows, that that court was so satisfied. In this court the plaintiff has laid his damages at five hundred dollars, which is sufficient for the jurisdiction of this court, and it cannot be ousted by the plaintiff’s releasing so much of his demand, as to reduce it below that sum. Rule discharged.
30 F. Cas. 716
Wright v. Wells
U.S. District Court
Decided April 15, 1816
U.S. District Court · decided 1816-04-15
Rule to show cause why this suit, which had been removed from the state court, should not be remanded, on a suggestion that the sum demanded is less than five hundred dollars. After this suit was entered in the state court, and before a declaration was filed, the defendant filed his petition, praying that. the cause might be removed into this court, which was directed accordingly.
Decided 1816-04-15