Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. v. Bailey
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Georgia
Decided February 20, 1907PublishedCited by 7 opinions
In Equity. Suit for injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The defendant, M. R. Bailey, filed in the city court of Savannah an action in tort against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and J. E. Bailey. Thereafter, the company, being, a resident of Virginia, gave bond and presented to that court its petition for removal here, on the ground that the suit involved a controversy wholly between citizens of different states, which should be fully determined as between the company and the plaintiff. That court, however, denied the petition by the following order:
“Under the authority of Southern Railway Co. v. O’Neal and Grizzle,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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