MELLOTT, Chief Judge.
By a motion to dismiss, the defendant challenges the jurisdiction of the court to determine the issue raised by the complaint in behalf of Royal Insurance Co., Ltd., hereinafter Royal. The contention is that the amount sued for "is a separate and independent claim" for $2,500; and "while Rule 18 permits a joinder of independent claims where there are multiple parties," it does not permit the joinder "where there is less than the jurisdictional...
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