Hillis v. Rice

COLLET, District Judge.

The petition alleges: On February 4, 1938, Lillian B. Hillis was riding in an automobile driven by Carrie Allen Rice. The Rice car collided with an automobile operated by Louis E. Koontz for the Home *814Owners Loan Corporation. It is charged that both automobiles were operated negligently and that as a direct result thereof plaintiff was injured. The amount claimed is $15,000. Plaintiff is a resident of Missouri and brought this action against defendants Rice and Koontz in the State court. Later, by amendment, the defendant H. O. L. C. was joined as a defendant and the…