Patterson v. Farmington St. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 111 F. 262
• 1901 U.S. App. LEXIS 4963

Syllabus

<p>Removal of Causes—Separable Controversy—Necessary Parties.</p> <p>To a suit for the specific performance of a contract, which requires the transfer of stock in a corporation on its books to make the relief prayed for effective, the corporation is a necessary party, and its presence as a defendant, where it is a citizen of the same state as complainant, will prevent the removal of the cause by the principal defendant.1</p>