Legal Opinion
Orr v. Baltimore & O. R.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 16, 1914No. 92PublishedCited by 3 opinions
At Raw. Action by Orton G. Orr against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. On motion to remand.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
[1] This is a civil suit, in which the jurisdiction of the court, if there be any, depends, not upon the citizenship of the parties, but upon the fact that it arises under a law of the United States, viz., Interstate Commerce Act, Feb. 4, 1887, c. 104, § 20, 24 Stat. 386 (Comp. St. 1916, § 8592). As such it could not have been'brought in this court, because the defendant, being a corporation of Maryland, is not an inhabitant of this district. Therefore it cannot be removed by the defendant against the objections of the plaintiff. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville &…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & N. R.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1912
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