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SMITHERS v. SMITH

No. 138.

204 U.S. 632 (1907)

27 S.Ct. 297

51 L.Ed. 656

SMITHERS v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David T. Bomar and Mr. Frank E. Dycus, for plaintiff in error, submitted.

Mr. Theodore Mack, Mr. Sam. J. Hunter and Mr. Ray Hunter, for defendants in error, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE MOODY, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error brought an action in the Circuit Court for the recovery of certain land and damages for the detention thereof, basing jurisdiction upon a diversity of citizenship, which was undisputed. In such case it is essential to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court that "the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest...

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