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HUGHES v. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA

No. 10591.

199 F.2d 295 (1952)

HUGHES et al. v. ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

October 22, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Becker, Rubenstein & Becker, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Leo H. Arnstein, Herbert E. Ruben, Chicago, Ill. (Lederer, Livingston, Kahn & Adsit, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before KERNER, FINNEGAN and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.

FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, dismissing plaintiffs' cause of action.

The complaint, filed on November 27, 1950, on behalf of Roland B. Hughes, Armin Eastman and Edward J. Frick, alleges that they, and each of them, are residents of the State of Illinois; that the defendant Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., is a New York corporation; that the amount in controversy...

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