H. J. Decker, Jr., & Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Alabama
Action by H. J. Decker, Jr., & Co. against the Southern Railway Company. On motion to remand to state court. Motion denied.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This cause comes on to be heard upon a motion to remand to the state court. The plaintiffs are nonresident aliens, subjects of Great Britain, and the defendant, a corporation, organized under the laws of Virginia, doing business in Alabama. The suit was originally brought in a state court in Alabama. The basis of removal is the existence of a controversy between a citizen of this country and of a foreign state. The inquiry is whether a corporation organized under the laws of a state other than that of the forum can remove a cause brought against it by an alien from a…
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