Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Willard
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, and the right of a defendant to remove a case thereto from the state court on the ground of separable controversy, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This suit originated in one of the courts of Illinois. It is a joint action• against two railroad corporations — the-Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company of Iowa, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company of Illinois — to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence, carelessness and improper conduct of the defendants by their agents and servants, whereby one Harold R. Wellman, the intestate of the plaintiff, was killed. The particular railroad, from the operation of which the injuries in question arose, is located wholly in Illinois and the plaintiff…
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