MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.
The act of March 2, 1867, 14 Stat. 558, provided for the removal of causes from the State courts to the circuit courts, under certain circumstances, when due application was made "before the final hearing or trial of the suit." This we held in Stevenson v. Williams, 19 Wall. 575, to mean "before final judgment in the court of original jurisdiction where the suit is brought." To the same effect...
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