Galbraith v. Bond Stores, Inc.

REEVES, District Judge.

Facts pertinent to these motions are identical in both cases and are not questioned.

The suits were originally filed by the resident plaintiffs against the corporate non-resident defendant alone. The amount in controversy being sufficient and there being a clear diversity of citizenship, no question then arose as to the right of removal. While both cases were properly pending in this court after removal, the plaintiffs filed amended complaints and, in so doing, brought in as a' party defendant in each case the local resident, Charles W. Fisher.

As the facts are presented…