Legal Opinion
Symonds v. St. Louis & S. E. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Arkansas
Decided November 20, 1911PublishedCited by 15 opinions
At Daw. Action by one Symonds against the St. Douis & Southeastern Railway Company. On motion to remand to state court.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
This is a motion to remand a case brought in a state court under what is known as the “Employer’s Diability Act.” The case is here on removal from the Dafayette *354cbunty circuit court on the ground of divérse citizenship. The right of removal depends on the construction- giyen to section 6 of said act, as amended by an act approved April 5, 1910 (36 Stat. 291, c. 43). That part of the section .applicable to this question is as follows:
"Under this act an action may be brought in a Circuit Court of the United States, in the district of the residence of the defendant or in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Sheldon v. SillSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Houston v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
- Gold-Washing and Water Co. v. KeyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Gaines v. FuentesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by15 opinions
- McGoon v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1913
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. RasmussenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- De Atley v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1912
- Hulac v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1912
- Jones v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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