The object of the plea in abatement was to bring about a dismissal of the suit under the fifth section of the act of March 3, 1875, c. 137, 18 Stat. 470. That section provides for the dismissal of a suit in a Circuit Court of the United States if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court at any time that the parties to it "have been improperly or collusively made...
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