MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The Western Union Telegraph Company might have instituted its suit in the Circuit Court, but it sought the state tribunals as it had the right to do, and the defendant could not remove the case on the ground of diverse citizenship, although that fact existed, because it was itself a resident of the State. Defendant's application to remove, therefore, was based on the averment that...
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