Branchville Motor Co. v. American Surety Co. of New York

ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge.

The plaintiff brought this case in the state court. The American Surety Company removed the same to this court, and the plaintiff has now made a motion to remand. The surety company maintains that there is a separable controversy between it and the plaintiff, with which the defendant Grimes has no connection, and to which he is not a necessary or even a proper party. The plaintiff contends that the complaint sets forth a joint cause of action against the two defendants.

The plaintiff is a corporation under the laws of South Carolina, and the surety company is…