Republique Francaise v. M. K. & T. Ry. Co.

ATWELL, Chief Judge.

These suits seek recoveries respectively for $35,789.20, $71,593.26 and $211,008.00, for alleged failure to deliver to the plaintiffs’ agent, at the shipping point, at Texas City, certain personal property for shipment to France.

The amount of each suit is in excess of that required by Sec. 1332. chapter 85 of the Federal Judicial Code, with reference to the jurisdiction of the district courts between citizens of a state and foreign states. “Foreign states,” meaning, as used, for instance in the Naturalization law, and as generally understood, “other nations,” or, “other…