Legal Opinion

Ralston Steel Car Co. v. National Dump Car Co.

District Court, D. Maine

Decided April 22, 1915No. 723PublishedCited by 15 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the Ralston Steel Car Company against the National Dump Car Company. On motion to dismiss bill.

1Opinion of the Court

HALE, District Judge.

This case is before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss complainant’s bill. The motion is presented under new equity rule 29. Under the former equity rules, the questions raised under the motion would have been presented by demurrer.

The bill in, equity to which the motion is addressed sets out that complainant corporation is a citizen of Ohio-, and defendant corporation" is a citizen of Maine; that the jurisdiction of the court depends upon diverse citizenship, and also- upon the fact that construction of the laws of the United States is involved, and that the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kansas v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Gibbs v. BuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  2. Ansehl v. Puritan Pharmaceutical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  3. American Creosote Works, Inc. v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
  4. Krouse v. Brevard Tannin Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
  5. Conway v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923

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