IRON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY v. KNIGHT


122 U.S. 79 (1887)

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. KNIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Julius Rosenthal and Mr. Abram M. Pence for defendants in error, submitted on their brief, citing.


MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of assumpsit brought by the defendants in error against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company in the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois, and removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois by the defendant below, the parties being citizens of different states. The declaration set out several similar causes of action in different...

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