Freeman v. Bee MacHine Co., Inc

It was held in Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 258 U. S. 377, 382, that where a state court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter or of the parties, the federal District Court acquires none on a removal of the case. And see General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry. Co., 260 U. S. 261, 288; Venner v. Michigan Central R. Co., 271 U. S. 127, 131; Minnesota v. United States, 305 U. S. 382, 389. That is true even where the federal court would have jurisdiction if the suit were brought there. Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., supra. As stated by Mr. Justice…