Court Opinion

ID: 9442548
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 18:51:19.028718+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:29:07.704997
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.
DUFFY, Circuit Judge.
In its petition and argument for rehearing, defendant Deep Vein strongly insisted that there was a defect in parties plaintiff becaüse all of the co-tenants did not join the plaintiffs in this suit. It follows, Deep Vein argues, that there was a failure of jurisdiction and thus, in no event, can the plaintiffs herein recover.
Although we are of the view that the question of a defect in parties plaintiff cannot properly be raised on a motion for summary judgment, we are of the opinion that the plaintiffs may proceed in federal court without the presence of the other co-tenants. The question of the indispensability of the parties must be determined by federal rather than State rules. DeKorwin v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago, et al., 7 Cir., 156 F.2d 858, 860. In the DeKorwin case, as well as in Guth v. Texas Co., 7 Cir., 155 F.2d 563, we held that a co-tenant may proceed in an action for an accounting without joining his co-tenants as parties to the suit. The district court here was fully justified in taking jurisdiction without the presence of other co-tenants of the plaintiffs.
The petition for rehearing will be denied. Thfe costs on appeal, including rehearing, will be equally divided between ;the parties.