Gavin v. Vance

Since the argument of this motion, counsel for the plaintiff has suggested an additional ground for remanding the case, which will be first considered. He cites the case of Yuba Co. v. Mining Co., 32 Fed. Rep. 183, and insists that, under the new act of congress of March 3, 1887, (24 St. 552,) this court could have had no original jurisdiction of this case, because the defendant Vance, not being an inhabitant of this district, could not have been sued here; and, such being the fact, that the ■cause cannot be removed under the second section of the new act, which confines the right of removal…