Hayes v. Smith

TUTTLE, District Judge.

A petition has been filed herein in the name of the United States, on the relation of the above-named defendants, praying for a removal of the above-entitled cause from a state court to this court under section 33 of the Judicial Code, as amended (section 1015, West’s United States Compiled Statutes), on the ground •that said defendants have been sued in said state court on account of acts done by them in the performance of their duties as federal officers within the meaning of said section.

The petition states in substance.that for the past year the defendants have…