Givens v. Wight
District Court, N.D. Texas
Action by Mrs. Nora Givens, administratrix, against Pearl Wight and J. L. Lancaster, as receivers of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, begun in state court and removed by defendants to the federal court. On motion to remand.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
This action was commenced in the district court of Palo Pinto county,- Tex. By timely petition and bond filed by defendants it was removed to this court, and plaintiff now moves to remand, “on the ground and for the cause that this cause was improperly removed from said state court to this court, and that this court is without jurisdiction to hear and determine the same.” The defendants base their right of removal on an allegation of diversity of citizenship, which allegation is not controverted.
[1] The suit is against the defendants, as receivers of the Texas & Pacific…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. LeslieSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Southern Railway Co. v. LloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Ullrich v. New York, N. H. & H. R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1912
- Strother v. Union Pac. R.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1915
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