Legal Opinion
Morris v. Louisville & N. R.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided January 12, 1910PublishedCited by 3 opinions
At Law. Action by W. A. Morris against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, C. M. Dorster, P. Al. McGuire, and others. On motion to remand to state court.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This suit was brought in the superior court of De Kalb comity, Ga,, and removed from that court to the Circuit Court of the United States by the two railroad corporations. The petition for removal alleges:
“Your petitioners show that said cause contains and that there exists a controversy wholly between citizens of different states. Your petitioner the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company was at the time of the commencement of the suit; and still is a corporation created and existing under the laws of the state of Kentucky, and was and is a resident, citizen, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. GrizzleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Kimbrough v. BoswellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Southern Railway Co. v. RoweCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ford v. AdkinsDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1941
- Taylor v. Southern Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1910
- Johnson v. MarshDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1943