James D. Sullivan v. T. Francis Kelleher

The appellant, alleging himself to be a “resident and domiciliary” of New Jersey, brought this action sounding in tort in the court below against the appellee alleging him to be a citizen of Massachusetts and formerly clerk of the District Court of Newburyport in that Commonwealth. Federal jurisdiction is asserted on diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy, Title 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1), and on deprivation of a federally guaranteed right in violation of § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 17 Stat. 13, now 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

The plaintiff seeks damages from the defendant basically on…