Legal Opinion
Simmons v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided November 2, 1964No. Civ. A. 8255, 8256PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.
Motions to remand companion wrongful death 1 actions to Dillon County, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, for disposal there, raise issue of jurisdiction of this Court. Determination turns on question of diversity of citizenship, 2 amount in controversy not being at issue.
On February 16, 1962 Nancy Ann Daniels and Gloria Jean Daniels were in an auto-train collision in the Town of Latta, in Dillon County, South Carolina, where each and both resided; as a result of injuries received both died, neither being testate at time of death. Thereafter the mother of the two…
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