Pirie v. Tvedt

Citations

• 115 U.S. 41
• 5 S. Ct. 1034
• 29 L. Ed. 331
• 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1811

Syllabus

<p>• The filing of separate answers, tendering separate issues for trial by-several defendants sued jointly in a.State court, on a joint cause of action in tort, does not divide the suit into separate controversies so as to make it removable into the Circuit Courts, under .the second clause of § 2, act of March 3, 1875.</p> <p>Louisville & Nashville Railroad Gó. v. Ide, 114 U. S. 52, where a like decision was made as to actions ex-contractu, affirmed and applied.</p>