Legal Opinion

Hatch v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided April 20, 1868PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In equity. These suits [by Rufus Hatch against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, John F. Tracy and others] were originally commenced in the supreme court of the state of New York. The parties plaintiff and defendant to both suits were the same, except that Edward W. Dunham was a party to the second suit, and was not a party to the first suit.

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In equity. These suits [by Rufus Hatch against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, John F. Tracy and others] were originally commenced in the supreme court of the state of New York. The parties plaintiff and defendant to both suits were the same, except that Edward W. Dunham was a party to the second suit, and was not a party to the first suit. The suits now came before the court on a motion by the plaintiff to remand them to the state court, and on a motion by the defendants to dissolve injunctions granted in them by the state court

1Opinion of the Court

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

These suits are now in this court, either as respects all of the defendants in each, or as respects-the defendants the railroad company and Tracy, or one of them, in each, by virtue of certain proceedings for the removal of the same from the state court into this court, taken in the state court on behalf of the railroad company and Tracy. Those proceedings were taken under three several acts of congress — the twelfth section of the judiciary act of September 24, 1789 (1 Stat 79), the act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat 306), and the act of March 2, 1867 (Id. 558). The…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Texas v. LewisUnited States Circuit Court · 1882
  2. Hayes v. ToddSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
  3. Southern Pacific Railroad v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
  4. Regis v. United Drug Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1910
  5. Amsden v. Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1890

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