Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Crane
Supreme Court of the United States
[N ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. This was a.suit begun in the Circuit Court of the State of ,Iowa for Polk County by the defendant in error, described in the petition as a resident, tax-payer and property-holder of Polk City, Madison Township in that county, suing for himself and all other resident voters, tax-payers and property-holders of that city and township.
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[N ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. This was a.suit begun in the Circuit Court of the State of ,Iowa for Polk County by the defendant in error, described in the petition as a resident, tax-payer and property-holder of Polk City, Madison Township in that county, suing for himself and all other resident voters, tax-payers and property-holders of that city and township. The defendants were the Des Moines and Minneapolis Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Iowa, and the plaintiff in error, the Chicago and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Jttstice Matthews
delivered the opinion of the court. He recited the facts as above stated, and continued :
The right of removal from the State court, which is contested in this case, is founded on the last clause of the second section of the act of March 3, 1875, 18 Stat. 470, Richardson’s Supplement, 173: “ And when in any suit mentioned in this section there shall be a -controversy which is wholly between citizens of different States, and which can be fully determined as between them, thén either one or more of the plaintiffs or defendants actually interested in such controversy may…
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