Scott v. Hull

The appellees sued the appellants, in the Tippecanoe Circuit Court, laying their damages at 1,600 dollars. There was service upon one of the defendants; return of not found as to two others.

At the first term of the Court thereafter, the defendants, at their first appearance in term, filed their petition (verified by affidavit) and bond, and moved the Court to grant a removal of this cause to the United States Circuit Court for the district of Indiana.

The petition averred that the defendants were, at the time of the commencement of the suit, and still continued to be, citizens and residents of…