Bond v. Doig

OPINION

BIUNNO, District Judge.

Reliance Insurance Company (Reliance), the third-party defendant in an action in the Superior Court of New Jersey, removed the entire action- here on grounds of diversity jurisdiction and admiralty/maritime jurisdiction. Plaintiffs moved to remand. In the discussion that follows, all facts recited are as alleged, or as represented at hearing, since none have been “tried” in any sense.

Defendant Doig evidently owned a motor vessel which he moored at a dock on the New York side of Greenwood Lake; . he evidently slept on the vessel, but owned real estate and had…