Legal Opinion
Federal Gas, Oil & Coal Co. v. Cassady
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided April 3, 1943No. 5PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWINFORD, District Judge.
This case is before me on the motion of certain defendants to dismiss the petition in equity for want of jurisdiction.- It is urged that the jurisdiction of this court fails since there is not requisite diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1).
The plaintiff is a citizen of the State of Maine. It brought this suit in equity against the heirs of Amos Cassady to quiet its title to a tract of land in Martin County, Kentucky, to which it asserted fee simple title. By amended petition in equity the plaintiff alleged that John T. Diederich, as trustee for certain…
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