BOOKOUT v. BECK

No. 20001.

354 F.2d 823 (1965)

Harold D. BOOKOUT and Betty Houser, Appellants, v. Linda Lou BECK and Daniel L. Beck, by their guardian ad litem, Edith P. Beck, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest M. Thayer and J. Roger Samuelsen, of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

James S. Martin, San Leandro, Cal., Dulberger, Bulen, Heeter & Salb, Indianapolis, Ind., for appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, HAMLIN and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

The district court's final order refusing to vacate a judgment of appellees against appellants is reversed.

The Becks are citizens of California and Bookout and Houser are citizens of Indiana. They were involved in an automobile collision at Santa Rosa, New Mexico, in July, 1962. The Becks in September, 1962, elected to sue Bookout and Houser in the Northern District of California for their injuries. Diversity jurisdiction was pleaded...

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