District Court, M.D. North Carolina October 4, 1940 (Gardner v. Bank of Pinehurst)

HAYES, District Judge.

Each of the plaintiffs instituted an action against the defendant to recover $12,500 damages for malicious prosecution. Each plaintiff is a citizen and resident of South Carolina and the defendant is a North Carolina banking corporation, chartered under the laws of North Carolina, with its principal place of business at Pinehurst, in the Middle District of North Carolina.