East Lake Land Co. v. Brown

Supreme Court of the United States December 10, 1894

East Lake Land Co. v. Brown, 155 U.S. 488 (1894)

15 S. Ct. 357; 39 L. Ed. 233; 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2294

Opinion

The Chief Justice :

The judgment is reversed with costs, and the case remanded with a direction to remand it to the City Court of Birmingham, county of Jefferson, Alabama, on the authority of Chappell v. Waterworth, 155 U. S. 102.

Reversed and remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name: East Lake Land Company v. Brown
Cited By: 18 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Chappell v. Waterworth, 155 U. S. 102, affirmed and applied to the point that, under the acts of March 3, 1887, c. 373, and August 13, 1888, c. 866, a case (not depending on the citizenship of the parties, nor otherwise specially provided for) cannot be removed from a state court into the Circuit Court of the United States, as one arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States, unless that appears by the plaintiffs statement of his own claim ; and if it does not so appear, th§ want cannot be supplied by any statement in. the petition for removal, or in the subsequent pleadings.