MacKay v. Uinta Development Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of the removal of this cause from the state to the Federal court and the jurisdiction of the latter thereover, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
On December 8, 1908, the Uinta Development Company, a corporation of the State of Wyoming, brought an action in a Wyoming court against John C. Mackay, a resident and citizen of Utah, to recover $1,950 damages for a trespass upon land of the Development Company, situated in Wyoming.
On January 8, 1909, Mackay duly filed his answer. On March 2 the plaintiff, by leave-of court, filed an amended petition, which Mackay answered. On May 3 he filed an amended answer, which, in addition to. denying many of the allegations of the amended petition, set üp a counterclaim for $3,000 damaged.
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