Harding v. Standard Oil Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
Bill by George F. Harding against the Standard Oil Company and others. On issue of citizenship.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
The removal petition was amended pursuant to order granting leave (170 Fed. 651), and an answer filed denying that the complainant was in fact when this suit was commenced!, in October, 1907,. a citizen of California, and not of Illinois, as alleged in the amended petition. A large amount of testimony was taken on this special issue, much of it in open court. Defendants sustain the burden of proof.
Mr. Plarding, whose citizenship is in question, is over 80 years of age. He is a lawyer of marked ability. From his father he inherited a large amount of real estate in…
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