Allison v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActtoN by J. H. Allison against tbe Southern Eailway Company, beard by Judge '$£. H. Justice and a jury, at October Term, 1901, of tbe Superior Court of MoDowell County. From a judgment for tbe plaintiff, tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant is now, and was at the time of the commencement of this action, a domestic corporation originally created and organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, and, by proceedings in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, obtained an order for the removal of the action from the Superior Court of McDowell County to the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Western District of North Carolina.
The plaintiff, in his complaint, alleged his damages to be $6,000, and the order of removal was based upon affidavits alleging local…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hinshaw v. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Debnam v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Layden v. Endowment Rank Knights of Pythias of the WorldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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- Thompson v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
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