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MATTINGLY v. N.W. VIRGINIA RAILROAD

No. 140.

158 U.S. 53 (1895)

15 S.Ct. 725

39 L.Ed. 894

MATTINGLY, v. NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.L. Cole for appellant.

Mr. John A. Hutchinson for appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The petition for removal was insufficient, as has been repeatedly determined, because it does not show of what State the plaintiff was a citizen at the time of the commencement of the action. Stevens v. Nichols, 130 U.S. 230; Jackson v. Allen, 132 U.S. 27; La Confiance Compagnie v....

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