Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. v. Kline

DEWEY, District Judge.

The action is brought to enjoin Earl L. Kline from using the trade name of Personal Finance Company, and to enjoin Melvin W. Ellis, Superintendent of Banking of the State of Iowa, from continuing a permit or license to the said Kline to do business in Iowa under said name. The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are citizens and residents of the State of Delaware, but does not allege the residence or citizenship of either of the defendants.

To this complaint the defendant Earl L. Kline files three motions: First, to drop as party plaintiff the Beneficial Industrial Loan…