Arkansas ex rel. Switzer v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.

LEMLEY, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court upon the question of whether or not it was-properly removed from the Chancery. Court of Chicot County, Arkansas,, wherein it was originally filed, on the alleged ground that the plaintiff’s complaint and the exhibit thereto disclose the existence of a substantial federal, question. Said jurisdictional question, which was raised by the Court on its own motion, has been submitted upon written briefs.

The State of Arkansas brought this action against the defendants, Tennessee Gas Transmission Company, Arkansas Power & Light Company, and…