Case Name: Billy W. WOOD, Plaintiff, v. MIDWEST TRUCKING COMPANY OF MISSOURI, a corporation, Defendant
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1963-09-10
Citations: 221 F. Supp. 358
Docket Number: Civ. A. No. 1837
Parties: Billy W. WOOD, Plaintiff, v. MIDWEST TRUCKING COMPANY OF MISSOURI, a corporation, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 221
Pages: 358–358

Head Matter:
Billy W. WOOD, Plaintiff, v. MIDWEST TRUCKING COMPANY OF MISSOURI, a corporation, Defendant.
Civ. A. No. 1837.
United States District Court W. D. Missouri, Southwestern Division.
Sept. 10, 1963.
Sam J. Catanzaro, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., Barnhart & Sommers, by Don B. Sommers, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.
Ewing, Ewing, Ewing, Carter & Wight, by Amos Wight, Nevada, Mo., for defendant.

Opinion:
BECKER, District Judge.
This cause instituted by a citizen of Tennessee against a Missouri corporation having its principal place of business at Nevada, Missouri, was removed by the defendant from the Circuit Court of Vernon County, Missouri, on the ground of diversity of citizenship.
Counsel for defendant voluntarily advises that the petition for removal shows on its face that the removing defendant is a resident of Missouri, and under the applicable statutes and decisions a resident defendant cannot, on the ground of diversity of citizenship, remove a cause of action filed in a court of the state of his residence. Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1441 (b) (formerly Section 28 of the Judicial Code of 1911); Atlas Life Ins. Co. v. W. I. Southern, 306 U.S. 563, 1. c. 567, 59 S.Ct. 657, 1. c. 659, 83 L.Ed. 987; Wheatley v. Martin (W.D.Ark.) 62 F. Supp. 109; 1A Moore, Federal Practice ¶ 0.161 [1], p. 527.
This cause was not removable. Therefore it is hereby
Ordered that this cause be, and it is hereby, remanded to the Circuit Court of Vernon County, Missouri.