Herndon v. Southern R.

SEYMOUR, District Judge.

It appears, from a, proper reading of the act of March 3, 1887, that, in cases where there is a controversy pending in a state court between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought and a citizen of another state, any defendant, being a citizen of another state, may remove such suit into the United States circuit court, when it shall be made to appear to the circuit court that, from prejudice or local influence, he will not be able to obtain justice in such state court, or in any other state court to which defendants may, under the laws of the state, have…