Mystic Milling Co. v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
On Motions to Remand to State Court. These actions were commenced in the district court of Woodbury county, Iowa, and respectively removed to this court by the defendants, and the plaintiff moves to remand them to the state court.
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On Motions to Remand to State Court. These actions were commenced in the district court of Woodbury county, Iowa, and respectively removed to this court by the defendants, and the plaintiff moves to remand them to the state court. The petition filed in the state court in No. 381 against the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway et al. alleges, in substance: That the defendant Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Wisconsin as a railway corporation, and owns and operates a line of railway in said state and other states,…
1Opinion of the Court
REED, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).
Do the facts alleged in the petition of plaintiff show a cause of action within the jurisdiction of this court? The substance of the petitions, so far as material to the questions presented by the motions to remand, is stated in the foregoing statement. The contention of plaintiff is that the several actions are for judgments under the Iowa statute against the defendant railway companies,- commanding them to perform their duties as common carriers of property, which it is alleged they have failed to do, and for the writ of mandamus to…
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