Herbert B. Peterson v. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, a Corporation

MATHES, Senior District Judge.

This action was originally commenced in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, by appellant and eight other former fellow employees of appellee. Each sued for damages for alleged defamation contained in letters of discharge sent them by appellee as their employer.

The action was removed to the District Court upon the petition of appellee asserting diversity of citizenship. [28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441.] The parties then stipulated that all nine plaintiffs might try their respective causes of action separately; and the attorneys for plaintiffs thereafter…