Darst v. City of Peoria

Blodgett, D. J.

This case was originally commenced in the Peoria circuit court, and on the twenty-first day of June, 1882, Ben Clark, one of the defendants in the original bill and complainant in the cross-hill, filed his petition in the Peoria circuit court for the removal of the cause to this court upon the ground that he, Clark, is, as stated in the petition, a citizen and resident of the Indian Territory, and that- he has good reason to believe, and does believe, that from prejudice and local influence he will not he able to obtain justice in said state court. The state court refused to…