GOFORTH v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

Civ. No. 2103.

213 F.Supp. 595 (1963)

Frank H. GOFORTH, Plaintiff, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. North Carolina, Asheville Division.

Decided January 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold K. Bennett, Asheville, N. C., for plaintiff.

Harry DuMont, Asheville, N. C., for defendant.


CRAVEN, Chief Judge.

Defendant corporation (petitioner) failed to set forth its principal place of business in its petition to remove this case from state to federal court. Did the petition, nevertheless, sufficiently comply with the removal statutes so as to confer jurisdiction upon this court? If not, can jurisdiction be now acquired by allowing an amendment to cure the defect?

Jurisdiction of this court, if it exists at all, rests upon diversity of citizenship...

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