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HAMMOND v. CLEAVELAND.
(Circuit Uourt, D. Oregon. February 25, 1885.)
1. Burr nr AN Assrennn in rmi Nivrronlar. Counrs.
The clause in section 1 of the judiciary act of 1875 prohibiting the assignee
of a nonmegotiable contract from maintaining a suit thereon in the national
courts, unless his assignor might have done so, has reference solely to the as-
signor's right to maintain such suit on account of his citizenship, and not 10 i
the amount of the claim or demand arising out of such contract.
2. SAME--LTATTER nv Disrura Tnnnmn.
An action may be maintained in the national courts where the sum or value
of the matter in dispute, or money sought to be recovered therein, exceeds $500
in amount, although the complaint contained distinct demands or causes of ac- V
tion of less value than $500; and it is immaterial whether the plaintiff is the
original owner of such demands or acquired them by assignment from such
owner.
Action to Recover Money.
Henry Ach, for plaintiff.
O. F. Paxton, for defendant.
Dmnr, J. This action is brought bythe plaintiff, a citizen of Cal-
ifornia, against the defendant, a citizen of Oregon, to recover the sum
of $3,093.36. The action is brought on three distinct demands or
causes of action arising out of contract, which, by section 91 of the
Oregon Code of Civil Procedure may be united in one complaint. The
Hrst demand is for $1,136.85, the agreed price of goods sold to the
defendant by the plaintiff; the second one is for $1,648, the agreed
price of goods sold to the defendant by the firm of Greenbaum, Sachs
& Freeman, citizens of California, and by the latter assigned to the
plaintiff; and the third one is for $308.29, the agreed price of goods
sold to the defendant by the firm of Murphy, Grant & Co., citizens
of California, and by the latter assigned to the plaintiff; for the ag-
gregate of which sums the plaintiif asks judgment. The defendant
demurs to the statement containing the last cause of action, for that
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