Legal Opinion
Watwood v. Barber
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 1, 1975No. Civ. A. Nos. C75-1606A, 75-1607APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, Chief Judge.
These actions arise out of an automobile accident which occurred on April 27, 1973, in Clayton County, Georgia. Plaintiffs, citizens of the State of Georgia, filed suit against defendants Barber, citizens of the State of Alabama, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, Northern Division, on April 23, 1975, apparently positing jurisdiction upon diversity of citizenship. Defendants moved in that court to dismiss the complaints on the grounds that the actions were barred by Alabama’s one-year statute of limitations. Shortly…
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