Gaddle v. Mann
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In Equity. On motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
Tbis question arises on a motion made by one of the defendants, under section 5 of the judiciary act of 1875 (Act March 3, 1875, c. 137, 18 Stat. 472 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 511]), to dismiss the bill for want of diversity of citizenship, on the ground that the complainant is not a citizen of North Carolina, as alleged, but a citizen of Georgia.
Evidence in the form of affidavits has been introduced to show that he is a citizen of Irwin county in this state; that, in November, 1905, he registered as a voter for the Democratic White primary in that county, in which it is…
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