JOHNSON v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY

No. 7321.

80 F.Supp. 557 (1948)

JOHNSON v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

September 29, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton A. Behrendt, and Margaret Groefsema, both of Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, of Detroit, Mich., for defendant.


LEDERLE, Chief Judge.

This diversity of citizenship case is presently before the court for determination of a motion to dismiss containing two grounds, namely,

1. That there is only $2,000. involved, and, therefore, the amount in controversy does not exceed $3,000, as required by the diversity jurisdiction statute, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41 (1), carried into the 1948 revision of the Judicial Code as 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 (a), and

2. That this same contention...

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