Massey-Harris-Ferguson Ltd. v. Boyd

MILLER, Circuit Judge: Petitioner, Massey-Harris-Ferguson, Limited, a Canadian corporation with its principal office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has filed in this court its Petition for Writ of Mandamus or Prohibition or Other Appropriate Writ against Hon. Marion Speed Boyd, United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, pursuant to Section 1651(a), Title 28, U.S. Code. The petition prays that this court issue an appropriate writ directing Respondent to vacate and set aside the order entered by him on January 4, 1957 in Action No. 2969, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, in which Southland Tractors, Inc., and Farm Tractors, Inc., are plaintiffs, and the Petitioner, herein referred to as the Canadian Corporation, together with Massey-Harris-Ferguson, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Maryland, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Petitioner, herein referred to as the American Company, are named defendants.