EVANS-HAILEY COMPANY v. CRANE COMPANY

Civ. Nos. 2730, 2759, 2760, 2761, 2781, 2782, 2828, 2835, 2836, 2837, 2847, 2874, 2886, 2901, 2906, 2909, 2978, 2985, 3032, 3050, 3052, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3156, 3167.

207 F.Supp. 193 (1962)

EVANS-HAILEY COMPANY, Inc. v. CRANE COMPANY. Mrs. Herman MERRITT v. John H. WOODY et al. Herman MERRITT v. John H. WOODY et al. Steven Eugene MERRITT v. John H. WOODY et al. John L. MANNING v. LION OIL, INC. Lucy MANNING v. LION OIL, INC. Fred D. SULLIVAN v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. Mrs. Mary Bell REHORN v. TERMINAL TRANSPORT CO., Inc. Samuel Ralph REHORN v. TERMINAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, Inc. Edward Earl REHORN v. TERMINAL TRANSPORT COMPANY, Inc. Reba FALSTER v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. Mrs. Josephine CHEEK v. CHESTERS, INC. Robert MURDIC v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. George B. FLIPPEN et ux. v. TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION CORP. et al. Mrs. Robert M. STRUBE, Sr. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. et al. Elroy ROWLETT, b/n/f v. Oscar J. KILBURN et al. Mary Ruth BURGESS, Administratrix v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. Mrs. D. L. WARREN, Sr., et al. v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. Mrs. Muriel M. SEYFERT, Executrix v. NEWARK INSURANCE CO. T. W. TAYLOR v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. T. W. TAYLOR v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY CO. John L. JENNINGS, Administrator v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. (three cases). John Henry BUCHANAN, Jr. v. CONTINENTAL SOUTHERN LINES, INC. Edward MUNDY v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO.

United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

June 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 2730:

Hofstetter & Hofstetter, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Cecil Sims, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant, Crane Co.

Charles H. Warfield, Warfield & Entrekin, Nashville, Tenn., for third-party defendant, Modern Welding Co., Inc.

Nos. 2759-2761:

Jack Norman, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Watkins, McGugin & Stewart, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

Nos. 2781 and 2782:

Collier Goodlett, Sr., Goodlett & Goodlett, Clarksville, Tenn., and Williams, Howser & Thomas, and Z. T. Osborn, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Frank C. Gorrell, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2828:

Joseph L. Lackey and Karl Bishop, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

S. McP. Glasgow, Jr., Glasgow & Adams, and David M. Keeble, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

Nos. 2835-2837:

Jack Norman and Williams, Howser & Thomas, Nashville, Tenn., and McAllester & McAllester, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Glasgow & Adams, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2847:

Charles F. Galbreath and Joseph L. Lackey, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

S. McP. Glasgow, Jr., Glasgow & Adams, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2874:

James B. Ross, Columbia, Tenn., for plaintiff.

H. Francis Stewart, Watkins, McGugin & Stewart, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2886:

Harris Gilbert, Barksdale & Hudgins, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

David M. Keeble, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2901:

Elmer Woolard, Lebanon, Tenn., and Solon Fitzpatrick, Carthage, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Tom Stewart and George H. Armistead, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

No. 2906:

William S. Bruce, Jr., and J. C. Summers, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

David M. Keeble, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2909:

C. Allen High and Dan Garfinkle, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

J. Ross Cheshire, Jr., and T. T. McCarley, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

No. 2978:

Clement, Sanford & Fisher, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

David M. Keeble, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 2985:

Frank L. Hollis, Peeler & Hollis, Camden, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Wirt Courtney, Jr., Goodpasture, Carpenter, Woods & Courtney, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 3032:

Goodpasture, Carpenter, Woods & Courtney, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Charles L. Cornelius, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

Nos. 3050 and 3052:

James Cunningham, Jr., and Marks & Fleming, Clarksville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Goodpasture, Carpenter, Woods & Courtney, Nashville, Tenn., and Malcolm Y. Marshall, Ogden, Brown, Robertson & Marshall, Louisville, Ky., for defendant, Great American Insurance Co.

Nos. 3058-3060:

John T. Conners, Jr., Davis, Boult, Hunt & Cummings, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant, State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

Rupert W. Leslie, Waller, Davis & Lansden, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

David M. Keeble, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 3156:

Karl L. Bishop, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Phillips, Gullett & Steele, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.

No. 3167:

Harsh, Kelly & Harsh, Gallatin, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Woodall Murrey, Gallatin, Tenn., and David M. Keeble, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.


GRAY, District Judge.

All of these twenty-six cases have been brought here from various state courts by petitions for removal in which defendants sought to invoke this court's diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441 and 1446.

On its own motion June 1, 1962, the court ordered all of the defendants to appear June 15, 1962, to show why the cases should not be remanded because of failure of the allegations of the citizenship of corporate...

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