Wetsel v. Empire Gas & Fuel Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; William R. Smith, Judge. Suit by John G. Wetsel and others against the Empire Gas & Fuel Company, begun in the state court. From an order denying a motion to remand, after the cause was removed by defendant to the United States court, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, citizens of Texas, brought this suit in a Texas state court for the cancellation and annulment of a recorded instrument executed by them to the appellee, a Maine corporation, on the ground that it was not binding on the former and was a cloud on their title to the 160 acres of land therein described. The case was removed to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas on the petition of the ap-pellee, which alleged:
“That the value of the land and the amount in controversy in this case exceeds the sum ot three thousand…
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- Woodside v. CiceroniCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
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