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CREHORE V. OHIO & MISSISSIPPI RY. CO., 131 U. S. 240 (1889)
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Crehore v. Ohio & Mississippi Ry. Co., 131 U.S. 240 (1889)
Crehore v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company
No. 272
Decided May 13, 1889
131 U.S. 240
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
Syllabus
A fatal defect in the allegation of diverse citizenship in a petition for the removal of a cause from a state court for that reason, cannot be corrected in the Circuit Court of the United States.
This was a case commenced in a state court and removed thence on the ground of diverse citizenship of the parties.