Case Name: KAUFMAN v. I. RHEINSTROM SONS CO.
Court: United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1911-01-04
Citations: 188 F. 544
Docket Number: 
Parties: KAUFMAN v. I. RHEINSTROM SONS CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 188
Pages: 544–544

Head Matter:
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

Opinion:
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.