General Atlantic S. S. Corp. v. Butterworth

McVICAR, District Judge.

This action is before the Court on the motion of defendants to dismiss because of lack of jurisdiction.

In the complaint, the General Atlantic Steamship Corporation, plaintiff, avers that it is the lessee in four leases for surface' land and coal, situate in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, made in August 1943 to plaintiff, inter alia; that defendants have wrongfully evicted the plaintiff from the surface land and coal described in said leases and that by reason thereof, plaintiff has been damaged, which damages include royalty heretofor paid by plaintiff.

The first reason…