Duncan v. Official Detective Stories, Inc.

GRIM, Senior District Judge.

The complaint in this action contains an averment that jurisdiction of the court is founded upon diversity of citizenship.

In the diversity of citizenship statute it is stated:

“(c) For the purposes of this * * * title a corporation shall be deemed a citizen of any State by which it has been incorporated and of the State where it has its principal place of business. * * * ” 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332(c).

In a suit such as the present one where an individual is suing a corporation, part of the suggested form for the averment of diversity jurisdiction as it is set forth in the…