Legal Opinion
P. P. Farmers' Elevator Company, a Corporation v. Farmers Elevator Mutual Insurance Co., and New Amsterdam Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 1968No. 16493PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment dismissing its complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The first question raised, however, is whether this action, begun in a state court, was properly before the district court.
Plaintiff, P.P. Farmers’ Elevator Company, an Illinois corporation with its principal place of business in Illinois, filed its complaint July 21, 1966 in the circuit court for Sangamon county, Illinois. The defendants are Farmers Elevator Mutual Insurance Co. and New Amsterdam Casualty Company. They are foreign corporations, licensed to…
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