Seigler v. American Surety Company

HALBERT, District Judge.

Basing its claim on diversity of citizenship between the parties to the action, defendant American Surety Company of New York (hereinafter referred to as American Surety) has removed this action to this Court from the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Siskiyou, where it was originally instituted by the plaintiffs. The action arises out of a contract of insurance. There is no dispute about the jurisdictional amount. The issue of diversity of citizenship of the parties cannot, however, be so readily resolved. It is patent from the record…