Revett v. Clise

Citations

• 207 F. 673

Syllabus

<p>1. Courts (§ 314*)—Federal Courts—Parties—Citizenship—Corporations.</p> <p>The citizenship of a corpora (ion, for the purpose of jurisdiction of federal courts, is in the state of its creation.</p> <p>LEd. Note.—For other cases, see Courts, Cent. Dig. § 860; Dec. Dig. § 314.*J</p> <p>2. Courts (§ 272*) — Federal Courts — Jurisdiction — Citizenship ■— Residence.</p> <p>Complainant, a citizen of Colorado, sued C. and another, citizens of Washington, in the Western district of Washington and also joined N. and W.j citizens and residents of New York, the G. Navigation Company, a New Jersey corporation authorized 1o do business in Washington, and doing business within the district, and the G. Navigation Company, Limited, a Washington corporation, charging that the individual defendants had entered into a conspiracy to organize the corporations named and secure the subscription of capital stock by irresponsible third persons; that the individual defendants were the sole owners of all the stock of both corporations, but carried it on the books of the corporations in other names; that the stock of the corporations was unpaid; that the New Jersey corporation purchased certain steamships and chartered them to the Washington corporation, in order to relieve the New Jersey corporation from all liability for their operation; that the New Jersey corporation never engaged in the transportation business, but both corporations maintained the same ofiice and were represented by the same person; that complainant secured a judgment for breach of a transportation contract against the Washington corporation, but that this corporation had no assets, and about the time of the rendition of the judgment transferred all of its assets to the New Jersey corporation; and that, in order for complainant to enjoy the benefit of his judgment, it was necessary that the New Jersey corporation he required to imy the same—and prayed that the individual defendants be compelled to pay into court a suff