WILLIS v. DENNIS

Civil Action No. 215.

72 F.Supp. 853 (1947)

WILLIS v. DENNIS.

District Court, W. D. Virginia, at Harrisonburg.

August 18, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Diener, of Alexandria, Va., and Louis E. Spiegler, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Harrison, Benham & Thoma, of Winchester, Va., for defendant.


PAUL, District Judge.

This is an action in tort in which the plaintiff is a resident of the District of Columbia and the defendant a resident of Virginia, and the complaint alleges jurisdiction on the ground of diversity of citizenship. The defendant has moved to dismiss on the ground that jurisdiction is lacking in this court, in that the action is not one between citizens of different states. The motion rests on the contention that the District of Columbia is not...

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