Dobbin v. Mallory S. S. Co.

CAMRBEEE, District Judge.

This is a motion made by the defendant Euckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., to dismiss the plaintiff’s *350summons and complaint on the alleged grounds that the said complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and for want of jurisdiction. The motion comes before this court on an order to show cause.

Two causes of action are alleged in the complaint, and recovery is sought under the statutes of the state of Washington and the átate of New York. The complaint alleges that the death of plaintiff s intestate was caused by the negligence, of the…