Lone Star Motor Import, Inc. v. Citroen Cars Corp.

INGRAHAM, District Judge.

Action for breach of contract. The case is before the court upon defendant’s motion to quash summons and complaint after removal of the action from state court.

The controversy concerns a three-year contract between plaintiff, a Texas corporation with its principal place of business at Houston, and defendant, a New York corporation located in the City of New York, for establishment of an exclusive distributorship of certain models of Citroen automobiles in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri. As distributor, plaintiff was obligated to set up a…