State Ex Rel. Markley v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. This was a suit on an administrator’s bond taken in the name of the State of Maryland for the benefit of the parties interested. It was commenced in a State court of' Maryland, against citizens of Maryland, and was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States on the ground that the real party in interest was a citizen of New Jersey.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. This was a suit on an administrator’s bond taken in the name of the State of Maryland for the benefit of the parties interested. It was commenced in a State court of' Maryland, against citizens of Maryland, and was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States on the ground that the real party in interest was a citizen of New Jersey. The facts raising the questions of jurisdiction, and the questions on the merits, are all fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This is an action, brought for the use of Markley, a citizen of. New Jersey, upon the bond of the administrators of the estate of Daniel Lord, deceased, who died intestate in 1866, in Cecil County, Maryland, of which State he ivas at the time a. citizen, and in which, he owned real and personal property. It was commenced in the Circuit Court of that county. The defendants are citizens of Maryland.
Markley filed his affidavit setting forth his citizenship and that of the defendants, and that he had reason to believe and-did believe that, from prejudice and local influence, he would not be able…
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