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Hayat Carpet Cleaning Co. v. Northern Assur. Co.

United States District Court, S.D. New York
Jan 7, 1933
2 F. Supp. 469 (S.D.N.Y. 1933)

Opinion

January 7, 1933.

Joseph S. Robinson, of New York City, for plaintiff.

Bigham, Englar, Jones Houston, of New York City, for defendant.


Action by the Hayat Carpet Cleaning Company, Inc., against the Northern Assurance Company, Limited, of London. On plaintiff's motion to remand case to the state court after removal to federal court by the defendant.

Motion denied.


The within motion must be denied. The defendant, being a British corporation, is a citizen and resident of that sovereignty, even though it does business within the state of New York. See Baumgarten v. Alliance Assurance Co. (C.C.) 153 F. 301; Martin v. B. O.R.R., 151 U.S. 673, 14 S. Ct. 533, 38 L. Ed. 311; National S.S. Co. v. Tugman, 106 U.S. 118, 1 S. Ct. 58, 27 L. Ed. 87.

As a nonresident foreign corporation, the defendant was subject to suit in this court at the hands of plaintiff. See Barrow S.S. Co. v. Kane, 170 U.S. 100, 18 S. Ct. 526, 42 L. Ed. 964, and In re Hohorst, 150 U.S. 653, 14 S. Ct. 221, 37 L. Ed. 1211. It is, consequently, entitled to remove the present action to this court, and the authority therefor is the second sentence of section 71 of title 28 US CA. See Baumgarten v. Alliance Assurance Co., supra; Attleboro Mfg. Co. v. Frankfort Marine, etc., Ins. Co. (D.C.) 202 F. 293; Wind River Lumber Co. v. Frankfort Marine, etc. (C.C.A.) 196 F. 340. Also Niccum v. Northern Assur. Co. (D.C.) 17 F.2d 160; Schotis et al. v. North Coast Stevedoring Co. (D.C.) 24 F.2d 591, 592, and Best v. Great Northern Ry. Co. (D.C.) 243 F. 789.


Summaries of

Hayat Carpet Cleaning Co. v. Northern Assur. Co.

United States District Court, S.D. New York
Jan 7, 1933
2 F. Supp. 469 (S.D.N.Y. 1933)
Case details for

Hayat Carpet Cleaning Co. v. Northern Assur. Co.

Case Details

Full title:HAYAT CARPET CLEANING CO., Inc., v. NORTHERN ASSUR. CO., Limited, OF LONDON

Court:United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: Jan 7, 1933

Citations

2 F. Supp. 469 (S.D.N.Y. 1933)

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