Martin's Administrator v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OF west VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Ms. Justice Gray
delivered the opinion of the court.
■This was an action of trespass on the case, brought March 1, 1888, in the circuit court of Berkeley County in the State of West Virginia, by John W. Martin against .the-Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 for personal injuries caused to the plaintiff by the defendant’s negligence at Bayview in the State of Maryland on May 22, 1887.
On April 12, 1888, the defendant filed in that court a petition, with proper affidavit and bond, for the removal of the casé into the Circuit Court of the United States for…
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