Arapahoe County v. Kansas Pac. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado
In equity. This suit was brought in the district court of Arapahoe county, by the complainants, against the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, Sayre, Moffat, Carr, Perry, Meier, Edgerton, Greeley, Dodge, Gould, and Dillon.
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In equity. This suit was brought in the district court of Arapahoe county, by the complainants, against the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, Sayre, Moffat, Carr, Perry, Meier, Edgerton, Greeley, Dodge, Gould, and Dillon. The 'defendants, the Denver Pacific Railway Company, Sayre, and Moffat, are and were, with the complainants, citizens of the state of Colorado; the defendants, Dodge, a citizen of Iowa, and Gould and Dillon, citizens of New York. The three last named were not served with process, nor have they entered an appearance in the suit…
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Circuit Justice.
The case of the hoard of county commissioners of Arapahoe county against the Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company, and the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, and various individuals mentioned, presents a question of the jurisdiction of - this court arising under the act of [March 3] 1875, [18 Stat. 470,] and especially that branch of it which concerns the removal of cases from state to federal courts. The construction of this statute, in various respects, has been very largely the subject matter of my consideration and action on tbe circuit during this spring and…
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