Sartor v. United Gas Public Service Co.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is a transitory action upon alleged contracts, wherein the plaintiffs seek to recover a larger amount for natural gas withdrawn from their lands than was paid under mineral leases described and attached to the petition. Jurisdiction in this court is based solely upon diversity of citizenship.

Defendant has excepted to the venue in the Monroe division, on the ground that “it is a corporation, chartered under the laws of Delaware, with a domicile in the state of Louisiana, in Caddo Parish, within the Shreveport division of this court and with an agent designated for…