Cooperative Transit Co. v. West Penn Electric Co.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

The Cooperative Transit Company (hereinafter called Cooperative) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia against the West Penn Electric Company (herein called Penn Electric) and several other defendants. The plaintiff and all the defendants are and were citizens of West Virginia. As the only basis for the jurisdiction of the District Court over the instant proceeding, Cooperative asserts that this proceeding is ancillary to the consolidated causes (in the same court) of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing…