Akers v. Akers
Supreme Court of the United States
Akers v. Akers, 117 U.S. 197 (1886)
6 S. Ct. 669; 29 L. Ed. 888; 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1824
Akers v. Akers
Opinion
delivered the opinion of the court.
The order remanding this cause is affirmed on the authority of Gibson v. Bruce, 108 U. S. 561, it being admitted that both the plaintiff and the defendant were citizens of Tennessee at the time the suit was brought. Affirmed.
Reference
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- AKERS, Executor v. AKERS
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- Syllabus
- A suit cannot be removed-from a State court under the act oí March 3, 1875, unless the requisite citizenship for removal existed when the suit was begun, as well as when the application for removal was made.