Robert F. Wolf v. James Schaben

VOGEL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants herein brought action against the appellee for the conversion of cattle. Diversity of citizenship and more than the statutory amount make for fed-' eral court jurisdiction. The law of the State of Nebraska is controlling. Trial of the case was begun before the Honorable John W. Delehant of Nebraska, who was serving by assignment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. When the trial neared completion, Judge Delehant declared a mistrial because of the introduction before the jury of evidence of practices in the buying of purebred…