DAN COHEN REALTY CO. v. NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST CO.

No. 8912.

125 F.2d 288 (1942)

DAN COHEN REALTY CO. v. NATIONAL SAVINGS & TRUST CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 14, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lavery, of Cincinnati, Ohio (Alvin E. Evans, of Lexington, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

Samuel M. Wilson and Angus MacDonald, both of Lexington, Ky. (Wilson & Harbison, of Lexington, Ky., on the brief), for appellees.

Before ALLEN, HAMILTON, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The sole question for decision is whether the United States District Court for Eastern Kentucky may entertain a civil action for specific performance of an informal agreement, reached by correspondence in writing, for the renewal lease of land within the district, when the action is brought by an Ohio corporation against citizens of the District of Columbia.

The District Court dismissed the complaint upon the ground that the venue of...

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