Lake St. El. R. Co. v. Ziegler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal and Cross Appeal from the Circuit Court; of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. On December 31, 1805, the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company, a corporation of the state of Illinois, the appellant in the first and the appellee in tile second of these causes, filed its bill, and on the ltith day of January, 18!X>, filed Its amended hill, in the circuit court of Cook county, 111., against the appellants.
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Appeal and Cross Appeal from the Circuit Court; of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. On December 31, 1805, the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company, a corporation of the state of Illinois, the appellant in the first and the appellee in tile second of these causes, filed its bill, and on the ltith day of January, 18!X>, filed Its amended hill, in the circuit court of Cook county, 111., against the appellants. William Ziegler and 12 oilier individual defendants, each being a citizen of a stale other than the state of Illinois, the Fanners’ Loan &…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
The question which must first engage our attention touches the jurisdiction of the court below and the propriety of the removal of the cause from the state court. The complainant was a citizen of tlie state of Illinois. All of the defendants were citizens of other states, with the exception of the American Trust & Savings Bank, one of the trustees under the trust deed, which was a citizen of the state of Illinois. By section 2, Act March 3,1887 (24 Stat. 552, c. 373, § 2, cl. 3), as amended by Act Aug. 13, 1888 (25 Stat. 434, c. 8ÍÍÍÍ), it: is provided that any suit of a civil nature of which…
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