Union Trust Co. v. Rochester & P. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
At Law. Action in debt sur judgment. Sur rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense.
1Opinion of the CourtAcheson, J.
1. It has been authoritatively adjudged that, where a corporation created by the laws of several states is sued in a federal court in any one of those states, it must be regarded, for the purpose of jurisdiction, as a citizen of that state, whatever its citizenship' may be elsewhere. Railway Co. v. Whitton, 13 Wall. 270; Muller v. Dows, 94 U. S. 444. Hence it is not a valid objection to the jurisdiction of this court that the plaintiff is a corporation of the state of New York, and the defendant is a corporation formed under statutes of Pennsylvania and New York, by the consolidation of…
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- Christmas v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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- Railroad Co. v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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