Dalton v. Bahnson Service Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a diversity action for workmen’s compensation benefits. The Court’s jurisdiction is sought to be invoked by the plaintiff under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1). It appears through suggestion of the defendants in a motion to dismiss the complaint that this Court may lack jurisdiction of the subject matter of this litigation.

It appears affirmatively from the complaint, and is admitted in the answer, that the plaintiff is a Tennessee citizen and that neither of the defendant corporations is incorporated by, and has its principal business in,…