East Lake Land Co. v. Brown

Citations

• 155 U.S. 488
• 15 S. Ct. 357
• 39 L. Ed. 233
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2294

Syllabus

<p>Chappell v. Waterworth, 155 U. S. 102, affirmed and applied to the point that, under the acts of March 3, 1887, c. 373, and August 13, 1888, c. 866, a case (not depending on the citizenship of the parties, nor otherwise specially provided for) cannot be removed from a state court into the Circuit Court of the United States, as one arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States, unless that appears by the plaintiffs statement of his own claim ; and if it does not so appear, th§ want cannot be supplied by any statement in. the petition for removal, or in the subsequent pleadings.</p>