Southern Pac. R. v. Townsend
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
This was si suit by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company against James R. Townsend and Rig Rock Greek Irrigation District, a corporation, to enforce a contract for the sale of land by complainant to defendant Townsend. The suit was brought in a court of the stale of California, and, after the filing of a demurrer by defendant Townsend, was removed, on petition of defendant Big Rock Creek Irrigation District, to the circuit court of the United States.
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This was si suit by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company against James R. Townsend and Rig Rock Greek Irrigation District, a corporation, to enforce a contract for the sale of land by complainant to defendant Townsend. The suit was brought in a court of the stale of California, and, after the filing of a demurrer by defendant Townsend, was removed, on petition of defendant Big Rock Creek Irrigation District, to the circuit court of the United States. Complainant moved to remand the cause to the stale court.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, District Judge.
This suit was brought in the superior court of Los Angeles county. To the bill, James R. Townsend and a corporation styled Rig Rock Creek Irrigation District are made defendants, and in it it is alleged that at a certain stated date the complainant was the owner and seised in fee of certain lands designated according to subdivisions of the public surveys of the United Stales, situated in Los Angeles county, Cal., and aggregating 1,435.68 acres, which the complainant then agreed in writing to sell, and defendant Townsend to buy, for the sum of $3,589.20 in United States…
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