Corns v. Inter-American University

RUIZ-NAZARIO, Chief Judge.

This action is now before the Court on defendant’s motion to dismiss, filed February 11, 1963, predicated on the ground that the Court lacks diversity jurisdiction because both parties are citizens of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

A hearing thereon was held on March 1, 1963 at which the plaintiff, who has the onus probandi on the subject gave testimony on his own behalf and documentary evidence, consisting of 5 exhib*756its, was adduced in support of the allegation contained in paragraph 1 of the complaint in the sense that “plaintiif is a citizen of the State of…