Smith v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Co.

NEESE, District Judge.

The defendant seeks a judgment on the pleadings in this action, Rule 12(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The motion is supported by a brief, and any responsive brief of the plaintiff has been waived, Rule 12(b), Revised Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

This is an action removed from a state court, 28 U.S.C. ch. 89, against the defendant “Proctor & Gamble” and alleging that said defendant is a foreign corporation doing business in this state. Substituted service of process on the defendant was undertaken through the…