Smith v. Crosby Lumber Co.

On the 17th of April, 1891, the defendant company presented its petition to this court, setting forth that the plaintiff was a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, and the defendant was a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York, and having its principal place of business in the city of Buffalo; that a suit brought by said plaintiff against said defendant, involving over $2,000, and not yet tried was pending in the common pleas of McKean county, Pa.; that, on account of prejudice and local influence, the defendant wmuld not be able to obtain justice in the…