Court Opinion

ID: 8312007
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-17 15:54:54.153892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:44:45.878014
License: Public Domain

WHAM, District Judge.
The general allegation in the amendment to the complaint that the amount in controversy is more than $3,000 is in the nature of a conclusion of fact and is insufficient to sustain the jurisdiction of the court when the allegations of definite and concrete facts in the body of the complaint itself show that less than the jurisdictional amount is involved. Lion Bonding & Surety Co. v. Karatz, 262 U.S. 77, 78, 86, 43 S.Ct. 480, 67 L.Ed. 871; KVOS v. Associated Press, 299 U.S. 269, 277, 57 S.Ct. 197, 81 L.Ed. 183.
The plaintiffs’ complaint, as amended, must be and is hereby dismissed on defendants’ motion because it appears from the facts stated therein that the jurisdictional amount is not involved.