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DIVINE v. UNION NEWS COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 21028.

151 F.Supp. 527 (1957)

Reverend M. J. DIVINE, also known as Father Divine, Plaintiff, v. UNION NEWS COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris M. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John E. Mulder, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

WELSH, District Judge.

It is averred in plaintiff's amended complaint (which is based on diversity of citizenship and jurisdictional amount) that plaintiff is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and defendant is a New York corporation (and hence a citizen of the State of New York).

The defendant has moved to dismiss, contending that this Court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter for the reason that plaintiff is not a citizen of the Commonwealth...

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