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KIEFFER v. TRAVELERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Civ. No. 10831.

167 F.Supp. 398 (1958)

Lawrence J. KIEFFER and Beatrice P. Kieffer, his wife, v. The TRAVELERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, American Home Assurance Company of New York, and Safeguard Insurance Company of New York.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

October 31, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd J. Kintner and William B. Evans, Kintner & Evans, Elkton, Md., for plaintiffs.

Michael P. Crocker and Joseph H. Young, Baltimore, Md., for defendants.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs' motion to remand this case to the Circuit Court for Cecil County turns on the proper construction of P.L. 85-554, 72 Stat. 415, which amended several sections of the Judicial Code, including 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332, prescribing the jurisdictional requirements in diversity cases. So amended, sec. 1332 requires that the amount in controversy exceed the sum of $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs, rather than $3,000 as formerly required...

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