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BELL v. PREFERRED LIFE SOCIETY

No. 17.

320 U.S. 238 (1943)

64 S.Ct. 5

88 L.Ed. 15

BELL v. PREFERRED LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 8, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. R.K. Wise and Warren E. Miller for petitioner.

Mr. Richard T. Rives, with whom Mr. A.F. Whiting was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question here is whether petitioner's complaint was properly dismissed on the ground that the matter in controversy did not really and substantially exceed $3,000 as required by § 24 and 37 of the Judicial Code.1

Filed in the federal court for the Middle District of Alabama, petitioner's complaint alleged that he had been induced to purchase an insurance certificate...

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