District Court, N.D. Illinois October 11, 1979, 78 C 5190 (Marohn v. Burnham Van Services, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM

LEIGHTON, District Judge.

This is a suit by a man and his wife, both Illinois citizens, against a Georgia corporation, to recover the full value of household goods that were destroyed by fire while in transit in defendant’s van between Mississippi and Illinois. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship pursuant to 28 U.S.C.