DEES v. SANTA FE TRAIL TRANSP. CO.

Nos. 4500, 4501.

71 F.Supp. 387 (1947)

DEES v. SANTA FE TRAIL TRANSP. CO. (two cases).

District Court, W. D. Missouri, W. D.

February 18, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. L. Stockman and Thomas C. Swanson, both of Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Johnson, Davis & Kuraner, of Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.


REEVES, District Judge.

The question for decision is whether the plaintiffs as residents of the State of Arkansas may sue the defendant, a corporation of the State of Kansas, in the federal court in Missouri.

Section 112, Title 28 U.S.C.A., contains the following pertinent provision:

"Where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence...

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