BALTIMORE, &C., RAILROAD CO. v. BURNS


124 U.S. 165 (1888)

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. BURNS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John K. Cowen and Mr. Hugh L. Bond, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Albert Constable for defendants in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error for the review of an order of the Circuit Court made March 5, 1886, remanding a suit which had been removed from a state court under the act of March 3, 1875, c. 137, 18 Stat. 470. The material facts are these:

The suit was begun in the Circuit Court of Cecil County, Maryland, and it stood for trial at the December term of that court in the year 1884. During that term the railroad...

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