Bolles v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
On motion to set aside summons and dismiss complaint on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction of the action.,
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff is a citizen of New York and a resident of the city of New York. The defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation. The Planters’ Compress Company, plaintiff’s assignor, is and was, at the time of the assignment of the cause of action, a citizen of West Virginia. Prior to the assignment the United States Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the controversy and an action could have been maintained either in the district of West Virginia or in any of the districts of Pennsylvania. It could not have been maintained in the Southern District of New York unless the…
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