Southern States Oil Co. v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

MYERS, District Judge.

This matter--comes before me upon the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss this action for want of jurisdiction to hear and determine the same. The ground upon which the motion is based is the contention that the State court was without jurisdiction of the cause, and therefore that, after removal, this court is without jurisdiction. The motion is based upon the wording of the complaint, and to a construction of that wording the arguments of counsel for both sides have been addressed.

The plaintiff, in filing the notice of this motion, attached thereto a statement of the motion…