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WELLS v. CELANESE CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Civ. A. No. 1716.

239 F.Supp. 602 (1964)

Ralph WELLS, Administrator of Estate of Robert Lee Daugherty, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. CELANESE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

April 28, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winfield B. Hale, Rogersville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

S. J. Milligan (Milligan, Silvers & Coleman), Greeneville, Tenn., and James Foglesong, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant.

NEESE, District Judge.

This action was removed to this court from a state court on the basis of the claim of diversity of citizenship. As it is required to do, McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (1936), 298 U.S. 178, 56 S.Ct. 780, 80 L.Ed. 1135, 1141 (headnote 3), this Court is inquiring whether the jurisdiction of the state court has ever been divested.

Removal statutes must be strictly construed. "* * * The power reserved...

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