Legal Opinion
Plains Growers, Inc. v. Ickes-Braun Glasshouses, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1973No. 72-1578PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff’s greenhouses were damaged by fire caused by allegedly defective gas-fired heaters. Plains Growers, a Texas corporation, sued the seller, Iekes-Braun Glasshouses, Inc., and the manufacturer, Modine Manufacturing Company, both foreign corporations, in a Texas state court.
Defendants removed the case to federal District Court on diversity grounds. Plaintiff sought remand to the state court on the ground that the cause of action for the fire loss had been assigned by plaintiff to its insurance company, an Illinois corporation, and that since defendant Iekes-Braun…
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