Legal Opinion

Southwestern Gas & Electric Co. v. Raines

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided March 22, 1922No. 262-3481Published

Certificate of Dissent from Court of Civil Appeals of Sixth Supreme Judicial District. Action by Carie L. Raines against the Southwestern Gas & Electric Company. On certificate of dissent from judgment of Court of Civil Appeals (218 S. W. 545), affirming a judgment for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtMcCDENDON, P. J.

This suit presents, primarily, the question whether a suit otherwise removable from a state to a federal court on account of diverse citizenship is. rendered nonremovable by reason of the fact that neither party is a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought. If such suit be removable, the further question, what is the proper federal district to which it should be removed, arises.

The facts which control these, issues are: The suit was brought in the district court’ of Bowie county, situated within the Tex-arkana division of the Eastern federal district of Texas. Carie L. Raines, a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. In Re MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Ex Parte WisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Ex Parte HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. In Re WinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  5. Matter of DunnSupreme Court of the United States · 1909

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