Simmons v. . Taylor
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petition for removal of a cause to the cireuifecourt of the United States, heard- at Spring Term, 1880, of. Bertie Superior Court, before Cadger, J. The motion was refused, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J,
The defendants, one of whom, is a citizen of Virginia and the other-of this State, are sued by the plaintiffs, all of whom are citizens of North Carolina, for trespasses alleged to have been committed upon their lands.. The defendants in separate answers deny the plaintiff’s right to the laud in dispute, and assert title in the defendant Taylor, by whose authority and in whose service the defendant Robeson was acting.
At the return term of the summons Taylor.applied by petition for the stay of proceedings in the cause and its-re moval to the circuit court of the United. States, on…
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