McGuire v. Great Northern Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
On Plea to the Jurisdiction and Motion to Remand to State Court. This action was commenced in the district court of Iowa in and for PaloAlto county, by the plaiaíiíf, a citizen of Iowa, as administratrix of the estate of P. F. McGuire, deceased, against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, hereinafter called the “Minneapolis Company,” a corporation of Iowa, C. A. Ziehlke, a citizen of Iowa, and the Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation of Minnesota, to…
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On Plea to the Jurisdiction and Motion to Remand to State Court. This action was commenced in the district court of Iowa in and for PaloAlto county, by the plaiaíiíf, a citizen of Iowa, as administratrix of the estate of P. F. McGuire, deceased, against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, hereinafter called the “Minneapolis Company,” a corporation of Iowa, C. A. Ziehlke, a citizen of Iowa, and the Great Northern Railway Company, a corporation of Minnesota, to recover damages for the death of said deceased, and the destruction of certain of his personal property, which it is alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, District Judge
(after stating the facts). The merits of the controversy may be considered only for the purpose of ascertaining the real nature of the alleged cause or causes of action of the plaintiff against the several defendants, and whether or not there has been a fraudulent joinder of parties defendant with the Great Northern Company for the purpose of defeating the jurisdiction of this court. Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. Thompson, 200 U. S. 206, 26 Sup. Ct. 161, 50 L. Ed. 441; Wecker v. National Enameling Co., 204 U. S. 176, 27 Sup. Ct. 184, 51 L. Ed. —.
The petition of plaintiff, as amended…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Myrick v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Railroad Co. v. Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Leonard v. St. Joseph Lead Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
- McGuire v. Great Northern Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1907
- Jacobson v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1910
- Harrington v. Great Northern Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1909
- Evans v. Sioux City Service Co.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1913
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