New Orleans Commercial Corp. v. City of Albertville

MURPHREE, District Judge.

Defendant, a municipal corporation, made a contract for the construction of an electric distribution system which provided for certain payments of money to the contractor. The contractor, by mesne assignments, has assigned the rights under the contract to plaintiff.. Defendant and assignor are citizens of Alabama, plaintiff is a citizen of another state. No negotiable or bearer instrument is involved. The defendant has filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction, the most specific ground of which is: “Because the complaint is based on an…