Legal Opinion
Curtis v. American Book Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 26, 1955PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALSH, District Judge.
This action was begun by one of two co-authors, a resident of California, for a construction of their contract with defendant, a New York publisher. The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of an indispensable party, the other co-author, who is a New York resident. This court ordered the joinder of Bridgman, the co-author, as a necessary party, with leave to renew the motion to dismiss, if, upon realignment of the parties, it was divested of jurisdiction. Curtis v. American Book Co., D.C.1955, 17 F.R.D. 504.
Bridgman thereupon made the present motion, for…
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