Harmon v. Boland

MEDINA, District Judge.

Defendants herein move for an order dismissing the first and second causes of action. The first cause of action is brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, which requires that such an action be brought in the district where the defendants reside or where they maintain their principal office. The requirement is one of venue and not of jurisdiction. Panama R. Co. v. Johnson, 1924, 264 U.S. 375, 44 S.Ct. 391, 68 L.Ed. 748. If the cause of action under the Jones Act is dismissed for improper venue, defendants claim that the second cause of action must fall for lack…