Rife v. Lumber Underwriters
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Action by O. C. Rife and another against the Dumber Underwriters. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error sued upon two policies of insurance issued by defendant in error, for the recovery of fire loss upon a stock of lumber and other property in plaintiffs’ mill-yard. Plaintiffs submitted to nonsuit as to one policy. As to the other, verdict was directed for defendant.
[t] 1. The suit was begun in a state court of Tennessee. It was removed to the federal court for alleged diversity of citizenship of the parties. No motion to remand was made. On the hearing, here, the question whether the suit was lawfully removed was raised by a member of this court.…
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