Stone v. Stone

MORGAN, District Judge.

This action by Madeleine L. Stone was commenced on July 13, 1956 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York to recover from the defendant additional maintenance and support payments for herself and the parties’ three children for the calendar year 1955 and the first half of 1956. The defendant removed the cause to this court on the ground of diversity of citizenship, the plaintiff being a resident of California and the defendant a resident of New York, with the amount in controversy being in excess of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars.

After the parties had entered…