Herron's Admr. v. Bates & Rogers Construction Co.

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Thomas Herron’s administrator brought this suit in the Mason circuit court against the Bates & Rogers Construction Company, an Illinois corporation, to recover damages in the sum of $50,000.00 for his death. The defendant filed its petition and bond for the removal of the cause to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, on the ground of diversity of citizenship. ■ The bond was executed by the Bates & Rogers Construction Company as principal, with Stanley F. Reed as surety, and'was signed as…