People's United States Bank v. Goodwin
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
On motion to set aside order for writ of certiorari and to quash the writ. This action was instituted in the circuit court for the city of St. Louis., state of Missouri, to recover damages for an alleged libel charged to have bees: wrongfully and maliciously written, composed, and published by the defendants.
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On motion to set aside order for writ of certiorari and to quash the writ. This action was instituted in the circuit court for the city of St. Louis., state of Missouri, to recover damages for an alleged libel charged to have bees: wrongfully and maliciously written, composed, and published by the defendants. It was sought to remove the cause from the state court to this eouri upon the ground that there was a federal question involved, but a motion to remand it to the state court was sustained upon the ground that the complaint did not show that there was such a question in the case. 160 Fed.…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The importance of the questions of law involved, and the ability with which the case has been argued by counsel, and the fact that the precise question involved in this proceeding has never been determined by the Supreme Court or the Circuit Court of Appeals for this circuit require a more full review of the statute in question and the principles of law which will aid in a construction thereof than would ordinarily be necessary. The section under which the proceeding is instituted is lengthy and was digested by the compilers of the Revised Statutes from a…
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