Kranshaar v. New Haven Steamboat Co.
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from an order made at special term. The order in this case denied a motion to remove the cause from this court into the Circuit Court of the United States.' The petition upon which the motion was founded stated that the defendants were a corporation created "by the- laws of the state of Connecticut, and had its principal office, for the transaction of its business, at Hew Haven, in that state; that the meetings of its stockholders, and the sessions of its directors,…
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Appeal from an order made at special term. The order in this case denied a motion to remove the cause from this court into the Circuit Court of the United States.' The petition upon which the motion was founded stated that the defendants were a corporation created "by the- laws of the state of Connecticut, and had its principal office, for the transaction of its business, at Hew Haven, in that state; that the meetings of its stockholders, and the sessions of its directors, were held at Hew Haven, in which city the records of the company were kept, and where the governing power of the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Monell, J.
The judiciary act of the United States provides for the removal into the Circuit Court of the United States, of an action brought in a state court, by a citizen of one state, against a citizen of another state, and the citizenship of the defendants is the only question to be determined in this case; which question must be decided upon the weight or preponderance of *369judicial decision. It is not a new question which we can examine upon principle and determine by reason. It has engaged the attention of the courts, more or less for over half a century, and ought by this…
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