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MISSOURI STATE INS. CO. v. JONES

No. 16.

290 U.S. 199 (1933)

54 S.Ct. 133

78 L.Ed. 267

MISSOURI STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO. ET AL. v. JONES, ADMINISTRATOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Allen May, with whom Messrs. Paul B. Cromelin, Bolitha J. Laws, and A.F. House were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Tom Poe, with whom Mr. Sam T. Poe was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In a removal proceeding based upon diversity of citizenship, is it proper to treat attorneys' fees imposed by the Arkansas statute and claimed by the plaintiff, as part of the sum necessary for jurisdiction in the federal court?

Section 41, 28 U.S.C. (Jud. Code, § 24) confers original jurisdiction upon District Courts of the United States of suits of a civil nature between citizens of different...

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