Legal Opinion
Strickland Transportation Co. v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided October 18, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 8447PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESTES, Chief Judge.
On October 1, 1959, plaintiff filed this suit in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas, seeking damages for breach of contract under which the plaintiff on February 8, 1956, leased to defendant a van type trailer for an agreed rental of $8 a day until the defendant returned to the plaintiff an equivalent trailer. The defendant, who was served in the state court action on October 2, 1959, filed its petition for removal in this court on April 15,1960. Removal jurisdiction was predicated upon diversity and amount, pursuant to Section 1441 of Title 28 U.S.C. The plaintiff…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. SheetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Edwards v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Gilardi v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1960
- Putterman v. DavelerDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1958
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