KEMP v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 1211-58.

172 F.Supp. 66 (1959)

James O. KEMP and John M. Jackson, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Standard Oil Company of California, Matson Navigation Company, Ben C. Gerwick, Inc., Does I Through X, Inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

January 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Arnebergh, City Atty., Arthur W. Nordstrom, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., C. N. Perkins, Deputy City Atty., San Pedro, Cal., Walter C. Foster, Deputy City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner, City of Los Angeles.

Bolton, Groff & Dunne, Los Angeles, Cal., for libelants.


BYRNE, District Judge.

Kemp and Jackson filed an action in the Municipal Court of Los Angeles Judicial District alleging that negligence of the defendants was the proximate cause of damage to their sloop and schooner in the sum of $438.50, and praying for judgment in that amount.

The defendant City of Los Angeles filed a petition for the removal of the case to the United States District Court "pursuant to § 1441 (b) of Title 28 of the

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