BILLINGS v. INVESTMENT TRUST OF BOSTON

No. 16936.

309 F.2d 681 (1962)

John S. BILLINGS and Virginia T. Billings, Appellants, v. INVESTMENT TRUST OF BOSTON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Light, Little Rock, Ark., Thomas G. Meeker, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief, for appellants.

Robert Shults, of Lester & Shults, and Wright, Lindsey, Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before SANBORN and BLACKMUN, Circuit Judges, and REGISTER, District Judge.


REGISTER, District Judge.

This is a diversity case. Jurisdictional prerequisites being present, it was removed by appellee from the Pulaski County Chancery Court of the State of Arkansas to the United States District Court. Pursuant to motion of appellee, the purported service of summons was quashed and the complaint was dismissed. This appeal follows.

The essential facts are brief. Appellants (plaintiffs) purchased shares in the defendant company (a Massachusetts...

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