Gillette v. Koss Construction Co.

R. JASPER SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this suit originally in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, against Koss Construction Company, an Iowa corporation, Dale M. Wilkinson and Arthur Barnes as co-defendants. Plaintiff and defendants Wilkinson and Barnes are citizens of Missouri. The corporate defendant removed this action here on the ground that the individual defendants were joined as parties defendant merely to destroy diversity of citizenship and prevent removal of the cause to this Court. Plaintiff moves to remand the case, denying that Wilkinson and Barnes were…