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WOODMEN OF THE WORLD v. O'NEILL

No. 58.

266 U.S. 292 (1924)

45 S.Ct. 49

69 L.Ed. 293

SOVEREIGN CAMP WOODMEN OF THE WORLD v. O'NEILL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.D. Gresham for appellant. Mr. D.E. Bradshaw and Mr. J. Hart Willis were also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity brought in the District Court by the Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World, a fraternal society organized under the laws of Nebraska, against twenty-five of its members, all citizens of Texas. Federal jurisdiction was based upon the diversity of citizenship, and the matter in controversy, which, it was averred, exceeded, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of three thousand...

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