REEVES, District Judge.
The non-resident corporate defendant insists that this court has jurisdiction on two grounds: (a) Upon the face of the complaints a separable controversy between the plaintiffs and the non-resident defendant is stated; (b) if a joint cause of action be stated in the complaints, then such averments are fraudulently made for the purpose of defeating the jurisdiction of this court.
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