Rome Petroleum & Iron Co. v. Hughes Specialty Well Drilling Co.

Citations

• 130 F. 585
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4830

Syllabus

<p>•1. Removal of Causes — Jurisdiction of Federal Court — District of Suit.</p> <p>Under the judiciary act of March 3,1887, c. 373, 24 Stat. 552, as corrected by Act Aug. 13, 1888, c. 866, § 2, 25 Stat. 433 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 509], a cause is removable by a defendant who is a nonresident of the state, on the ground of diversity of citizenship, although neither party is an inhabitant of the district.</p> <p>T1. Diverse citizenship as a ground of federal jurisdiction, see notes to Shipp v. Williams, 10 C. C. A. 249; Mason v. Dullagham, 27 C. C. A. 298.</p>