Johnson v. Scarborough

ALLRED, District Judge.

Plaintiff filed this action with the Clerk of the Court on August 2, 1949, alleging an arrest by defendant Scarborough, Sheriff of Kleberg County, Texas, on August 4, 1947. His attorney at the time was a nonresident of the State and failed to comply with certain of the local rules; therefore, the Clerk wrote him, sending him a copy of the rules requiring proper endorsement on the documents and directing his attention to the necessity for designation of local counsel. The Clerk finally filed the complaint as of August 9, 1949.

Jurisdiction is based solely on diversity of…