BLACK, SIVALLS & BRYSON v. SHEAHAN

No. 3422.

88 F.Supp. 639 (1950)

BLACK, SIVALLS & BRYSON, Inc. v. SHEAHAN.

United States District Court D. Kansas.

January 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Gates, Kansas City, Kansas, for plaintiff.

Paul R. Wunsch and Charles H. Stewart, Kingman, Kansas, for defendant.


MELLOTT, Chief Judge.

By a motion to strike defendant challenges the right of a former employer of a deceased employee to sue it, a third party whose alleged negligence caused the employee's death, for an amount in excess of the amount paid by the employer under the compensation act of the State of Kansas. Diversity of citizenship exists, the amount in controversy exceeds $3,000.00, exclusive of interest and costs, and this court has jurisdiction.

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