Sweeney v. Grand Island & W. C. R.
District Court, D. South Dakota
This was an action by Thomas Sweeney against the Grand Island & Wyoming Central Railroad Company; John and David Fitzgerald, copartners as John Fitzgerald & Bro.; John Carroll, Samuel E. Donoghue, and Frank P. Phillips, late copartners as Carroll, Donoghue & Co.; and the Congdon & Henry Hardware Company. The action was brought in a state court to enforce a mechanic’s lien, and was removed to this court by the railroad company.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Thomas Sweeney, makes a motion to remand this case to the circuit court of Pennington county, S. D. He brought this action in that court to enforce a mechanic’s lien against certain real property of the railroad company situated in South Dakota, upon which the Congdon & Henry, Hardware Company also claims to have a similar lien. The raii*4road company and John Fitzgerald and David Fitzgerald are citizens of Nebraska, and the company removed this action to this court on the ground that there was a controversy in it wholly between the plaintiff on one side…
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