Molloy v. Mount

SMITH, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, residents of Connecticut, bring this action for personal injuries, alleging that the matter in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional amount, against a New York corporation and an individual alleged to be a citizen of New York, as the joint or alternative owners of a motor vehicle, for negligence of the. driver, alleged to be the servant or agent of one or both.

Defendants move to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction by reason of the Connecticut citizenship of the individual defendant.

Proof was offered at a hearing on the citizenship of the individual defendant…