Legal Opinion

Mastin v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided July 6, 1903No. 2,748PublishedCited by 3 opinions

On Motion to Remand to State Court.

1Opinion of the Court

PHILIPS, District Judge.

The plaintiffs are citizens of the state of Missouri, as also the defendant Drum-Flato Commission Company, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company is a citizen of the state of Iowa. The cause was removed from the state circuit court to this court on petition of the defendants, on the ground that the plaintiffs’ petition discloses a cause of action arising under the laws of the United States; the defendant railway company *828adding, as an additional ground of removal, that the cause of action as to it is separable.

The petition contains two counts. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Reid v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Ayers v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Cowley v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Fisher v. ShropshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Bailey v. MosherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bellaire v. Interstate Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
  2. Beck v. JohnsonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Kentucky · 1909
  3. Pacific Creosoting Co. v. Thames & Mersey Marine Ins.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1914

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