Curzi v. Turioscy

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Whether the administrator of a decedent’s estate has been appointed solely to manufacture diversity of citizenship and therefore federal jurisdiction requires reference to the identity of the administrator and his relationship to the party he represents, the scope of his powers and duties and his expertise in the administration of decedents’ estates. The Court should also consider the existence of a non-diverse party who ordinarily would be expected to act in this capacity, the reasons for selection of the administrator in question, and the…