Howell v. Southern Railway Co.

This action was instituted to recover $20,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted. The defendant Southern Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia, filed motion for removal to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina for the reason that, as it contends, the complaint fails to allege any cause of action against the defendant Chapman, a resident of North Carolina, and that the resident defendant was joined as a party defendant to defraud the United States Court of its jurisdiction. As…