Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Robinson

The record shows a suit brought in the district court of Cooke county, state of Texas, against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company to recover damages suffered by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant. The suit was afterwards removed by order of the state court to the United States circuit court for the northern district of Texas. Upon what grounds the removal was made docs not appear. The suit is one, however, in which the jurisdiction of the circuit court must depend upon the citizenship of the parties. The petition filed in the state court commences as follows:

“You…