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SWEENEY v. CARTER OIL COMPANY

No. 32.

199 U.S. 252 (1905)

26 S.Ct. 55

50 L.Ed. 178

SWEENEY v. CARTER OIL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 27, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. V.B. Archer and Mr. W.S. Chesley for plaintiffs in error, cited.

Mr. George L. Roberts, Mr. Reese Blizzard and Mr. Charles Gibbs Carter for defendant in error, cited.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Circuit Court dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction in that the controversy was not between citizens of different States, within the meaning of the statute, because plaintiffs were citizens of different States as between themselves, and could not be joined in an action against a citizen of West Virginia. That was...

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