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· 4/4/1887

Laidly v. Huntington

Citations

  • 121 U.S. 179
  • 7 S. Ct. 855
  • 30 L. Ed. 883
  • 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2034

Syllabus

<p>In a suit by a widow iu a court of the state of which she is a citizen, seeking to have dower assigned to her in land within the state conveyed by her husband to A, a citizen of another state, and by the latter conveyed to a corporation created under the laws of the state in which the land lies, to which suit A is made party defendant, there is no separable controversy (if there be any controversy at all) as to A, which warrants its removal to a Circuit Court of the United States.</p> <p>A petition for removal filed after the case has been heard on demurrer on the ground that the bill does not state facts sufficient to entitle the complainant to the relief prayed for, and after a decree sustaining the ' demurrer, is too late.</p>

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  • both holding that a demurrer in state court cuts off the time for removal under the 1875 Act
  • both holding that a demurrer in state court cuts off the time for removal under the 1875 Act

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Judges: Waite

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