Schlenk v. Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.

The defendant is the sole defendant in above entitled cause. It has presented its verified petition for removal of the cause to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, in which petition it sets forth that at the time of institution of this suit it was and still is a corporation existing under the laws of Pennsylvania and a resident and citizen of that state; that the suit is of a civil nature and that the matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum of $3,000; that complainant at the time of commencement of the suit was and still is a…