HAY v. MAY CO.

No. 292.

271 U.S. 318 (1926)

HAY v. MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James J. O'Donohoe, Mark D. Eagleton, and Harry S. Rooks for plaintiff in error.

Messrs. Robert A. Holland, Jr., and Jacob M. Lashly for defendant in error, The May Department Stores Company.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a question as to the jurisdiction of the District Court arising under the provision of § 28 of the Judicial Code that: When there is pending in a state court any civil suit of which the district courts of the United States are given original jurisdiction, in which "there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different States...

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