Legal Opinion
Wong v. Utah Home Fire Insurance Company
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided November 3, 1958No. Civ. 1571PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, District Judge.
The within action was commenced in the Circuit Court of the Territory of Hawaii as an action in personam against the defendant Utah Home Fire Insurance Company. On Motion of Utah, it was removed to the United States District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441. The grounds asserted for removal were that jurisdiction existed on account of diversity of citizenship between plaintiff and defendant Utah, and the case was one in admiralty.
After answer, plaintiff moved to join as a defendant an individual, Julian R. Yates, concerning whom there was no diversity of citizenship. In the…
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