Supreme Court of Georgia, 1885

Schaefer v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad

Schaefer v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided December 15, 1885 · Jackson
76 Ga. 99

Schaefer v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Chief Justice.

[Schaefer brought suit against the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company in the superior court of Butts county. The defendant filed an application to remove the case -to the circuit court of the United States, on the ground that it was a non-resident corporation. An affidavit of its superintendent, that he had reason to believe, and did believe, that the defendant would not bo able to obtain justice in the state court, was.made.- Bond also was tendered. The presiding judge ordered the case to be removed, and the plaintiff excepted.]

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