Beach v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by Mary L. Beach, administrator of W. E. Beach, against the Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge W. A. Hoke, at August Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Burke County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
When this case was called for trial, the defendant, the Southern Railway Company, moved for an order to proceed further with the cause, for the reason that it had been removed to the Circuit Court of the United States on the ground of local prejudice, presenting copies of the petition, affidavit, bond and order of removal from said Circuit Court. The presiding Judge being of the opinion that the defendant, originally a foreign corporation, but since “domesticated” in this State under Laws 1899, Chap. 62, could not remove an action to the Federal Court on account of local prejudice, Allison v.…
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