Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Empire Gas & Fuel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1924No. Nos. 6152, 6153PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, District Judge.
These two actions were commenced in the state court of Kansas, and removed to the federal court by the defendant Empire Gas & Fuel Company on the alleged grounds: (1) That the complaints stated a separable controversy between the defendant company and the respective plaintiffs; (2) that the individual defendants were fraudulently joined for the purpose of defeating removal. Issue was joined in the federal court on the question of removal. A hearing was had and testimony taken. Motions were made at the same time to remand the cases to the respective state courts whence…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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- Angle v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Hoffman v. LynchDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1928
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