C. H. Nichols Lumber Co. v. Franson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. The facts are stated in the opinion. The allegation of plaintiff’s being a citizen of Sweden was not a sufficient allegation for the purposes of jurisdiction in the Circuit-Court in a suit between plaintiff and a corporation existing under the laws of Wisconsin.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. The facts are stated in the opinion. The allegation of plaintiff’s being a citizen of Sweden was not a sufficient allegation for the purposes of jurisdiction in the Circuit-Court in a suit between plaintiff and a corporation existing under the laws of Wisconsin. Stuart v. Easton, 156 U. S. 46; Hennessy v. Richardson Drug Co., 189 U. S. 25, 34. If the allegations in the complaint had been sufficient, as still seems to be supposed, the denial in the first paragraph of the answer would have been sufficient to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
A motion has been' made to dismiss the writ of error, among others, on the ground of the absence of a bill of exceptions and the character, of the order appealed from. We pass to the merits of the case without stopping to 'review the grounds of the motion, as we think they will be substantially disposed of by the views which we shall hereafter express.
By this writ of error the C. H. Nichols Lumber Company seeks the reversal of a judgment obtained by Charles Franson in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington. Considering the record alone, .and putting out…
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