In re City of Seattle
District Court, W.D. Washington
In the matter of the petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate, and damage private property for the purpose of protecting the supply of fresh water of the city from pollution, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 35647 of said city. On petition of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company and another, the cause was removed to the federal courts. On motion to remand.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
[1] Petition is filed by the city of Seattle, pursuant to the laws ,of Washington and ordinance of the city, *101seeking to appropriate certain lands belonging to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, in which the United States Trust Company of New York and Edward Sheldon, and-the Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Alexander J. Hemphill, are interested as mortgagees. Summons was duly served upon the defendant railway company on the 6th of May, 1916. No summons has been served upon the other petitioners. Separate petitions for removal were filed on the 6th…
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