RINGSBY TRUCK LINES, INC. v. BEARDSLEY

No. 17539.

331 F.2d 14 (1964)

RINGSBY TRUCK LINES, INC., Appellant, v. Laurence J. BEARDSLEY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

May 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom B. Kretsinger and Beverly Baker Boyles, of Kretsinger, Kretsinger & Edell, Kansas City, Mo., Alvin J. Meiklejohn, Jr., of Jones, Meiklejohn, Kilroy, Kehl & Lyons, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Carl E. Laurent, Kansas City, Mo., Richard L. White, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, RIDGE and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

The threshold question presented by this appeal is whether the plaintiff Beardsley has stated a cause of action against the defendant Ringsby Truck Lines, Inc., (Ringsby) which satisfies the jurisdictional requirements of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332 as amended in 1958. It is conceded that diversity of citizenship exists between the parties. Thus the issue narrows to consideration of the question...

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