Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan
Supreme Court of the United States
. in error to the circuit court of the united states for the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. There ivas a voluminous record in this case, with a long assignment of errors, and an elaborate brief on behalf of the plaintiffs in error. The court gave no opinion on the questions discussed, but dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
This was an action at law originally brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton County, Ohio, by John Swan, S- C. Rose, F. M. Hutchinson, and Robert McMann, as partners under the name of Swan, Rose- & Go., against the plaintiffs in error. The object of the suit was the recovery of damages for alleged breaches of a contract for the construction of the railroad of the defendants below. It was commenced June 10th, 1871.
Afterwards on October 28th, 1879, the cause being at issue, the defendants below filed a petition for its removal to the Circuit Court of the United States. They aver therein…
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