Utah-Nevada Co. v. De Lamar
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This action was commenced March 12, 1902, in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, Cal., by the plaintiff, to recover of and from the defendant the sum of 83,422,636, alleged to be due and owing upon a certain agreement between Isaac E. Blake and the defendant.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This action was commenced March 12, 1902, in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco, Cal., by the plaintiff, to recover of and from the defendant the sum of 83,422,636, alleged to be due and owing upon a certain agreement between Isaac E. Blake and the defendant. The complaint, among other things, alleges: “(1) That the Utah-Nevada Company is a corporation organized and incorporated for the purpose, among other things, of dealing in real property, including mining claims, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after making the foregoing statement). The first question to he considered is whether or not the Circuit Court had jurisdiction to try, hear, and determine the case. The question of jurisdiction is divisible. There are two distinct grounds upon which the plaintiff in error relies: (1) That the court erred in exercising jurisdiction over said suit, because the suit is upon an assigned chose in action, and the record does not show that the assignor and the defendant are citizens of different states; (2) the court erred in denying plaintiff in error’s motion to remand said cause to the state…
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