Baird v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
The complaint alleged that the plaiutiff’s intestate was a brakeman on defendant’s freight train, and injured by the negligence of defendant in consequence of the defective condition of a locomotive, of which condition the intestate had no notice. The defendant denied the charge of negligence, and averred that intestate knew of the existence of the causes which are alleged to have produced the injury complained of.
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The complaint alleged that the plaiutiff’s intestate was a brakeman on defendant’s freight train, and injured by the negligence of defendant in consequence of the defective condition of a locomotive, of which condition the intestate had no notice. The defendant denied the charge of negligence, and averred that intestate knew of the existence of the causes which are alleged to have produced the injury complained of. The case was heard at August Term, 1893, of Burcombe Superior Court, before Armjidd, X, upon a motion of defendant to remove the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States.…
1Opinion of the Court
Avery, J.:
Where it appears by. affidavit and petition, as prescribed by the act of Congress, that the Circuit Court of the United States has jurisdiction of the parties to and subject-matter of a suit pending in the State Court, and that on account of prejudice and local influence the petitioner will not be able to obtain justice in the Court in which the action *606has been brought, or in any other State Court to which it may be removed under the laws of the State, the Federal Court, if satisfied as to the sufficiency of the proof of prejudice and local influence adverse to the petitioner, may…
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