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THE CHAIRMAN: I think it is rather difficult

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for the chair to advise you as to that, except in a very

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limited way. All cases at law exceeding the jurisdictional

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amount prescribed by law, to the chair would mean all cases

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at law In which the amount involved exceeds such amount

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as the legislature hereafter shall say by law. In other

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words, the legislature would under this have the right

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to say that you could not have a right of removal in

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cases at law if the amount involved was less than a

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certain amount. This would mean you would have the right

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to removal if the amount involved was more than that

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amount.

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I couldn't possibly explain to you the

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difference between law and equity without taking much

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more time than could possibly be devoted, and even then

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I don't know that I could do it adequately. It is one of the

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thiags lawyers know instinctively and have a great deal

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of difficulty explaining. Essentially the equity cases

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are cases such as divorce cages, mortgage foreclosure

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cases, injunction cases, receivership cases, cases involv-

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ing matters other than damage suits and property rights