Perrin v. Aluminum Co. Of America

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This action was commenced in a Washington state court to recover damages for injury allegedly done to plaintiffs’ crops by fumes from a plant of the defendant Aluminum Company, a Pennsylvania corporation. One Thayer, a resident of Washington, was joined as a defendant. One of the plaintiffs was likewise a resident of that state. The cause was removed to the federal court on petition of the corporate de fendant, buttressed by affidavit, asserting that Thayer was improperly and fraudulently joined. The plaintiffs moved for a remand, supporting their motion by an affidavit…