Scott v. Clinton & S. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illnois
[This was a suit by Thomas A. Scott and others, trustees, against the Clinton & Springfield Railroad Company.] This cause, originally instituted in the circuit court of McLean county, Illinois, was removed to the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of Illinois, in December, 1875, unaer the act of congress of March 3, 1875, and a motion having been made- by Henry Crawford on behalf of the respondents to strike the record from the files, and TREAT,…
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[This was a suit by Thomas A. Scott and others, trustees, against the Clinton & Springfield Railroad Company.] This cause, originally instituted in the circuit court of McLean county, Illinois, was removed to the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of Illinois, in December, 1875, unaer the act of congress of March 3, 1875, and a motion having been made- by Henry Crawford on behalf of the respondents to strike the record from the files, and TREAT, District Judge, having intimated a desire to have the opinion of DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge, upon the question, the motion was…
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge,
having intimated an opinion, and TREAT, District Judge, concurring, an order was entered at Springfield on the 15th of February, taking jurisdiction of the case, and requiring the defendants to answ'er.
Subsequently an application was made to the court, praying them to rescind the order taking jurisdiction of the caso, and the court allowed the same to be heard, and on March 8, 1876, it was re-argued.
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge. This was a suit originally brought in the circuit court of McLean county, and which has been removed from that court to this court under the act of…
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