Caldwell v. Morfa

ATWELL, District Judge.

The plaintiff, the receiver of the Planters’ National hank of Honey Grove, Tex., brought this suit in the district court of Hunt county, and simultaneously sued out a writ of attachment, which he caused to be levied upon certain real estate belonging to Mrs. Morfa. The husband is a pro forma defendant. No personal judgment against Mrs. Morfa, who is a resident of the state of Illinois, is sought.

Seasonable removal to this court was had, and a motion to dismiss on the ground that neither the defendant nor the plaintiff resided within this district was overruled; the…