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ILLINOIS STATE TRUST CO. v. TERMINAL R. ASS'N OF ST. LOUIS

No. 18534.

440 F.2d 497 (1971)

ILLINOIS STATE TRUST COMPANY, a Corporation, Guardian of the Estate of Daniel David Land, a Minor, and Arthur Land, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Starnes, Karns, Starnes, Nester & Stegmeyer, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Norman J. Gundlach, Roberts, Gundlach & Lee, Belleville, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of defendant's motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs' evidence and the judgment entered thereon in a personal injury action removed to the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) on the ground of diversity of citizenship, the jurisdictional amount-in-controversy requirement having been met. The cause of action arose out of an accident which occurred at the crossing of a public...

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