Donovan v. Wells, Fargo & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
A suit at law was instituted by Donovan in the circuit court of Buchanan county, Mo., to recover damages from the Wells Fargo Express Company and Joseph McKee for negligence in the handling of a valuable horse intrusted to the former for transportation from Boston to St. Joseph, Mo. In due time the express company filed its petition, accompanied by the required bond for the removal of the cause into the proper Circuit Court of the United States. It alleged in its petition, among other things, that the plaintiff, Donovan, was a citizen of the state of Missouri, and that…
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