Rigby Ranch Co. v. California Trust Co.

After thorough and careful consideration of the amended bill of complaint, and of the briefs which have been fded by solicitors for the respective suitors; I am of the opinion that the suit alleged in the amended bill of complaint cannot be maintained in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and accordingly it should be dismissed. The court has this day entered appropriate minute orders granting the several motions to dismiss the amended bill of complaint that have been interposed by different defendants, but so that the chief reason for the action of the court in dismissing the amended bill of complaint without leave to amend may be known, it is considered proper to lile this brief memorandum of ruling.

It is to be observed, however, that the amended bill oí complaint is deficient in other particulars that are not discussed in this memorandum.

Rigby Ranch Company, the sole complainant, is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Utah, with its principal place of business in Salt Lake City, Utah. All of the defendants named in the amended bill of complaint are California corporations or citizens and residents of the last-named…