Standard Oil Co. v. Crowl

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, Edna T. Crowl, brought this action in a Missouri State 'court against appellant, the Standard Oil Company, to recover for the death of her husband, Leon W. Crowl, alleging that Crowl died on March 25, 1949, as the result of injuries received on November 26, 1948, in a collision between an automobile which Crowl was driving and a truck negligently operated by one of appellant’s employees. Because of diversity of citizenship and the amount involved, the action was removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, where…