Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Ass'n v. Neustadter Bros.

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Neustadter Brothers, a California corporation, brought this action in a state court of California against appellant, Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Association, a Delaware corporation, to recover of appellant $5,000, with interest and costs. The action was, on petition of appellant, removed from the state court to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. There appellant answered. The answer contained no counterclaim. No reply was ordered and none was filed. Thus, with the filing of the answer, the pleadings were closed.1…