Mineral Range R. Co. v. Detroit & Lake Superior Copper Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan
On Motion to Remand. On the fourteenth of September, 1885, the Mineral' Range Railroad Company filed its petition in the probate court for the county of Houghton for the condemnation of certain lands owned by the defendant in the village of Hancock for the purpose of constructing a branch of its road across these lands from Houghton to Hancock.
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On Motion to Remand. On the fourteenth of September, 1885, the Mineral' Range Railroad Company filed its petition in the probate court for the county of Houghton for the condemnation of certain lands owned by the defendant in the village of Hancock for the purpose of constructing a branch of its road across these lands from Houghton to Hancock. The defendant shortly thereafter answered the petition, and upon the same day -filed its petition in the probate court for the removal of the cause to this court, upon the ground that it was a citizen of the state of Connecticut. The removal was…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, J.1
In delivering the opinion of the supreme court in Gaines v. Fuentes, 92 U. S. 10, 19; Mr. Justice Field remarked that the removal act of 1867 covered every possible case involving a controversy between citizens of the state where the suit was brought and citizens of other states, if the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeded the sum of $500; that it mattered not whether the suit was brought in a state court of limited or general jurisdiction. “The only test was, did it involve a controversy between citizens of the state and citizens of other states, and did the matter in…
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