Hougen v. Merkel

NEVILLE, District Judge.

The motion of a proposed intervenor Margaret F. Whitcomb must perforce be denied for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in this court despite the court’s natural inclination to take jurisdiction whenever by so doing the parties are accommodated, the conduct of the trial is not seriously impeded or lengthened and litigation in the form of a trial in another forum thereby is avoided.

Plaintiff, a bona fide resident of North Dakota, became involved in a three-car motor vehicle collision. A truck alleged to have been owned by the defendant Dittrich and driven by defendant…