J. H. Miles & Co., Inc. v. McLean Contracting Co.

180 F.2d 789

J. H. MILES & CO., Inc.,

v.

McLEAN CONTRACTING CO. et al.

No. 6008.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Argued Jan. 6, 1950.

Decided March 10, 1950.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

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J. H. Miles and Company, Incorporated (a Virginia corporation hereinafter called Miles), instituted a civil action in tort against McLean Contracting Company, a Delaware corporation, and American Dredging Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, in the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, which was removed by the defendants to the United…