Jennings v. Fanti

WATSON, Chief Judge.

This is an action by Emerson P. Jennings, plaintiff, to recover damages for goods and equipment stored with the defendant by the plaintiff under an alleged bailment contract. The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked on the basis of diversity of citizenship and the proper jurisdictional amount. The amended complaint alleges that plaintiff is a citizen and resident of New York and that defendant is a citizen and resident of Pennsylvania. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the action on the ground that there is no diversity of citizenship, that plaintiff is a citizen of…