Gant of New Haven, Inc. v. Chez Boye Parfums International, Inc.

OPINION

McRAE, District Judge.

This Court has jurisdiction of this controversy, which is between citizens of different states and which involves a property right of an asserted value exceeding $10,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Seaboard Finance Co. v. Martin, 244 F.2d 329 (5th Cir. 1957); 1 Moore, Federal Practice 90.96 [2], at 870 (2d ed. 1960).

Gant of New Haven, Inc., is the sole seller to retailers of shirts known as Gant shirts, which are manufactured by plaintiff’s affiliated corporations. Martin Gant and Elliott Gant, with their father Bernard Gantmacher, constituted the Gant…