Langan v. Roberts Bros.

COLLET, District Judge.

The motion to dismiss under submission is based upon alleged improper venue. The plaintiff is a citizen of Georgia, the defendant a Delaware corporation licensed to and now doing business in Missouri, pursuant to the Missouri statute relating to nonresident business corporations. Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant for $20,000, in the Illinois state courts and seeks to enforce the collection of that judgment in this action filed in the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri. The defendant, invoking Section 51 of the Judicial Code, 28…