Supreme Court of the United States March 8, 1948, 214 (Suttle v. Reich Bros. Construction Co.)

Me. Chief Justice Vinson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider a question arising under the federal venue statutes. Petitioner, a resident and citizen of the State of Mississippi, brought a negligence action based on diversity of citizenship in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.