General

KAUFMAN v. I. RHEINSTROM SONS CO.

188 F. 544·United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York·1911

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Opinion

KAUFMAN v. I. RHEINSTROM SONS CO. (Circuit Court, S. D. New York. January 4, 1911.) Removal of Causes (§ 72) — Federal Courts — Jurisdiction—Amount in Controversy. Under the federal statute authorizing removal of a case involving an amount which exceeds $2,000, a suit involving exactly $2,000 is not removable. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Removal of Causes, Dec. Dig. § 72.] Action by Henry F. Kaufman against I. Rheinstrom Sons Company. Motion to remand. Granted. Nathan G. Goldberger, for plaintiff. Harry M. Lewy, for defendant. For other oases see same topic & § number in Deo. & Am. Digs. 1907 to 'date, & Rep’r Indexes [MAJORITY — COXE, Circuit Judge.] COXE, Circuit Judge. The question- here involved is an exceedingly simple one. The federal statute provides that a suit may be removed to this court when the amount involved exceeds $2,000. The amount here involved is exactly $2,000. Such a suit cannot be removed to this court for the obvious reason that the amount does not exceed (is not more than) $2,000. To assert that $2,000 is more than $2,000 is an absurdity. The motion to remand is granted.