NEET v. HOLMES

No. 750B, Civil.

33 F.Supp. 543 (1940)

NEET et al. v. HOLMES et al.

District Court, S. D. California, Central Division.

May 21, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ellis Lady and W. I. Gilbert, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

George I. Devor and George L. Reimbold, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Ray H. Fitzgerrell.

Ralph D. Brown, of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants Kenneth A. Holmes, Holmes & Nicholson Mining & Milling Co., and T. J. Thorne.

Joseph Doyle, of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Mary Genevieve Shipp.


BEAUMONT, District Judge.

Motion to re-tax costs. Action brought in the district court was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, this appearing on the face of plaintiffs' complaint.

A review of cases wherein actions were originally filed in a federal court reveals a virtual uniformity of decision to the effect that where a court has no jurisdiction of such cause it has no power to award costs. Smyth v. Asphalt Belt Ry., 267 U.S. 326<...

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