Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. Shirley
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAR FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP TEXAS. This was an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court remanding the cause back to the State court from whence it had been removed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is an appeal from an order remanding a cause removed from a State court. The record shows that the suit was begun by Shirley, the appellee, a citizen of Texas, on the 10th of July, 1870, in the District Court of McLennan County, Texas, against the "Waco Tap Railroad Company, a Texas corporation, to recover a balance claimed to be due on a contract for the construction of the railroad of the defendant company. The company answered, the petition on the 25th of November, 1870. Supplemental petitions were filed on the lGth and 17th of December, 1872, bringing in the Houston and Texas Central…
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