CRISPIN COMPANY v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO.

Civ. A. No. 7284.

134 F.Supp. 704 (1955)

The CRISPIN COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

March 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. G. Schirmeyer and Ernest S. Fellbaum, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Royston & Rayzor (John R. Brown), Houston, Tex., for defendant.


CONNALLY, District Judge.

This is an action to recover for damage to a shipment of Belgian burlap which the defendant transported by one of its vessels from Antwerp to Houston. There is diversity of citizenship between the parties, but the amount in controversy is less than $3,000. The action was filed in the State Court and removed by the defendant. In removing, it was the defendant's contention that the action was one arising under an Act of Congress regulating...

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