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202 F.2d 144

Docket No. 11664.

Ockerman v. Wise

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Feb. 16, 1953.

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1953-02-16

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently June 1956

3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

2 counsel of record

Relies on Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co. · Mason v. Helms

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1953-02-16

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¶1Kiss & Kiss, Cleveland, Ohio, Wm. B. Martin, Lexington, Ky., for appellant.

¶2Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, Ky., for appellee.

¶3Before ALLEN, MARTIN and McAL-LISTER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5This cause has been heard and considered on the record, on the briefs of the contending parties, and on the oral arguments of attorneys representing the parties ;

¶6And it appearing, without dispute, that the appellant administrator and the ap-pellee (defendant) are citizens and residents of the State of Kentucky and were such at the time of the institution of this action and that, therefore, there was no-diversity of citizenship to vest jurisdiction in the district court, see Mecom, Adm’r, v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Company, 284 U. S. 183, 52 S.Ct. 84, 76 L.Ed. 233; and Mason v. Helms, D.C.E.D.S.C., 97 F.Supp. 312;

¶7The judgment of the district court, sustaining appellee’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, is hereby affirmed.

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