Stafford v. Twitchell
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, parish of Bed Biver. Pierson, J. First — The correctness of the ruling of the lower court, refusing the application for removal to United States Court, should be tested, where no evidence was offered on the trial of the application, on the allegations contained in the petition.
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APPEAL from the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, parish of Bed Biver. Pierson, J. First — The correctness of the ruling of the lower court, refusing the application for removal to United States Court, should be tested, where no evidence was offered on the trial of the application, on the allegations contained in the petition. Second — The allegations contained in the petition are not sufficient to entitle the defendant to a removal of the case to the Federal Court, because there is no allegation that there is involved in this case a controversy which is wholly between citizens of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Fenner, J.
The plaintiff, as executor of Leroy A. Stafford, deceased, of the parish of Rapides, La., brings this action against Marshall EL Twitchell and Jesse G-. Steele, of the parish of Red River, La., Mrs. Elizabeth Twitchell, of the State of Yermont, and Marshall EL Twitchell, Jr., a minor represented by the last named defendant as guardian, appointed in Yermont and recognized by the courts of this State.
The petitioner represents that the succession of L. A. Stafford was owner of 1517 68-100 acres of land, situated in Red River parish, and…
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