Corel v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.

PHILIPS, District Judge.

The plaintiff has interposed a plea to the jurisdiction of the court, on the ground that at the time of the institution of the suit in the state court, and the time of its removal therefrom by the defendant to this court, the plaintiff was a citizen of Oklahoma territory, and, the defendant being a nonresident corporation of the state of Missouri, this court has no jurisdiction over the parties.

The evidence shows that the plaintiff, an unmarried man, for many years prior to July 18, 1901, was a citizen of the state of Missouri. He was a practicing dentist at Kansas…