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BATTS v. DUPONT DE NEMOURS CO

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Mar 1, 1927
137 S.E. 153 (N.C. 1927)

Opinion

(Filed 23 March, 1927.)

APPEAL by plaintiff from Bond, J., at October Term, 1926, of WAKE.

Morris Parker, Bart M. Gatling and W. F. Evans for plaintiff.

Biggs Broughton for I. E. DuPont de Nemours Company.


The DuPont de Nemours Company filed a petition for the removal of this cause from the Superior Court of Wake County to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina for alleged diversity of citizenship, separable controversy, and fraudulent joinder of parties. The petition was allowed, and the plaintiff excepted and appealed. We find no error. Judicial Code, ch. 3; Rose's Fed. Jurisdiction, ch. 13; R. R. v. Allison, 190 U.S. 326, 47 Law Ed., 1079; Van Dyke v. Ins. Co., 192 N.C. 206; Huntley v. Express Co., 191 N.C. 696; Johnson v. Lumber Co., 189 N.C. 81.

The judgment is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

BATTS v. DUPONT DE NEMOURS CO

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Mar 1, 1927
137 S.E. 153 (N.C. 1927)
Case details for

BATTS v. DUPONT DE NEMOURS CO

Case Details

Full title:KELLEY BATTS, BY A. W. CRAWLEY, HIS NEXT FRIEND. v. E. I. DUPONT DE…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Mar 1, 1927

Citations

137 S.E. 153 (N.C. 1927)
193 N.C. 838