Legal Opinion
Prescott v. Richards
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 1, 1944No. Civil Action No. 3048PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEENEY, District Judge.
In recently considering and denying a motion to consolidate this case for trial with Civil Action No. 2859, this Court took notice of the jurisdictional issue which was not directly raised in that motion. Having expressed doubt as to the jurisdiction of this Court to entertain this case, the Court now on its own motion decides the question.
The plaintiff, a citizen of Massachusetts, brought suit in the Superior Court of Middlesex County against the defendant Richards, who is also a citizen of Massachusetts, and three other defendants, who were all citizens of the State…
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