GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT CORPORATION v. GRUBBS

No. 29961.

447 F.2d 286 (1971)

GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T. R. GRUBBS, d/b/a T. R. Grubbs Tire & Appliance, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert D. Johnson, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. R. Cornelius, Bill J. Cornelius, Jefferson, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

B. A. Britt, Jr., Texarkana, Tex., for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Roby Hadden, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for the United States.

Before GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.

A funny thing happened to this case on its way to trial. Through a series of errors all parties ended up in the wrong forum. Finding a complete absence of federal jurisdiction, we remand the case to the district court for remand to the state court from whence it was removed.

Plaintiff General Electric Credit Corporation instituted this suit in a Texas state court, seeking judgment on a promissory note against defendant T. R. Grubbs...

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