HENNINGSEN v. U.S. FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.

No. 78.

208 U.S. 404 (1908)

HENNINGSEN v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George E. de Steigner, with whom Mr. W.W. Wilshire was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. James B. Murphy, with whom Mr. Harold Preston, Mr. Carroll B. Graves and Mr. Edward B. Palmer were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

A motion is made to dismiss on the ground that the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court was invoked solely on the ground of the diversity of citizenship of the parties, and hence the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals was final. The motion must be overruled. Diversity of citizenship was, it is true, alleged in the bills, but grounds...

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