Treadway v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Limn District Court Removal of causes from state courts to federal courts. — This action was brought by the plaintiff in the District Court of Linn county, in this State. The plaintiffs are husband and wife, who join to recover for an injury to the wife caused, as alleged, by the defendant’s negligence.
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Appeal from Limn District Court Removal of causes from state courts to federal courts. — This action was brought by the plaintiff in the District Court of Linn county, in this State. The plaintiffs are husband and wife, who join to recover for an injury to the wife caused, as alleged, by the defendant’s negligence. The defendant’s character is thus described in the original petition: “ The plaintiffs claim of the defendants, the Chicago and Northwestern Railway company, a corporation under and. by virtue of the laws of the State of Illinois, and doing business in the State of Iowa, as lessées…
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
^mN-juSsdiction: for-' $ign corporation. Upon this record, it is to be taken as true:
1st. That the plaintiffs are citizens of the State • Oí lOWa I '
" 2d. That they brought their suit in the courts of said ' State;
’ 3d. That the. injury for which said suit was commenced was caused by the defendant in this State and. in the county in which the suit was instituted;
" 4th. That the defendant was incorporated under the l&ws of Illinois, and there'has its principal place of business and was never incorporated under the laws of Iowa ;■ *355that as such corporation, the defendant became, and at-the time-…
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