Douglas-Guardian Warehouse Corp. v. Nickell

JOHN E. MILLER, Chief Judge.

In this action commenced August 22, 1963, the plaintiff, Douglas-Guardian Warehouse Corporation, a Louisiana corporation, with its principal place of business at New Orleans, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, seeks to recover $19,611.87 from the defendant, its bonded warehouseman, Archie T. Nickell, a •citizen of the State of Arkansas. Jurisdiction exists by reason of diversity of citizenship of the parties and the amount involved. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), (1963 Supp.). |

It is alleged in the plaintiff’s complaint that the defendant, Archie T. Nickell, was the…