Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Meyer

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

In the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Alame-da, appellee, Rosie Meyer, a citizen of California, brought an action against appellant, Sears, Roebuck & Company, a New York corporation, to recover damages in the sum of $35,000 for personal injuries suffered by appellee and allegedly caused by appellant’s negligence. Oil petition of appellant, the action was removed from the Superior Court to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division. There appellant answered, a jury trial was had, a…