Supreme Court of the United States, 1886

Wells v. Wilkins

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 10, 1886 · Waite

118 U.S. 230; 6 S. Ct. 1049; 30 L. Ed. 210; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1924 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Alexander Porter Morse for the motion., Mr. C. C. Yonge, Sr., opposing.

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Covington Bro's. & Co. v. Jordan (Ky. Ct. App. 1907)
Wells and Others v. Wilkins, Sheriff, Etc. (Four Cases.) Goldstucker and Others v. Same (Supreme Court of the United States 1886)

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Opinion of the Court

Me. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

These motions are denied. The additional affidavits which have been filed failed to satisfy us that the value of the matter in dispute is sufficient to give us jurisdiction. While the aggregate of the values in all the suits may exceed $5000, it is clear to our minds that the value of the property involved in no one of the suits reaches that sum, or anything like it.

Denied.

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