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state by process of law, he cannot, while there, be called to answer in another action. Parker v. Hotchkiss, 1 Wall. h. 269; The Juneau Bank v. McSpedan, 5 Biss. 64. The motion will be denied.
HOYT
and others
'D. WRIGHT.
(Oircuit Oourt, D. Oolorado. October 14, 1880.) 1. REMOVAL-JURISDlcTION-PLEADING.-Want of jurisdiction must be pleaded, where an objection to the removal of a cimse is made upon ground, and defect ia not apparent upon the face of the record in the state court, or the petition for removal. 2. BAME-,-SAME-CONVEYANCE BY PARTY TO SUIT.-Abonajideconveyance , of the property in controversy, by a party to the sUit, for the express' purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon the federal court, will furnish no ground for remanding a cause to a state court.
Petition to Remand. - - - , for plaintiffs. - - - , for defendant. HALLETT, D. J. In cases removed from a court of the state, if there is in the record, either in the state court or in the petition for rBmoval, anything showing want of jurisdiction in this court, the party objecting to the removal may rely upon that by motion to have the cause remanded. .If, taking the facts appearing in the record and petition to be true, this court has jurisdiction, the party objecting to the jurisdiction must make his objection by plea to the jurisdiction,-that is, he must allege the facts in a manner in which issue may be joined, and according to the course and practice of the court, so that they may be properly determined,-and it has been determined by the supreme court that the method of doing that is by plea to the jurisdiction, and in that way only. Upon such a plea we know what course is to be pursued; we know how to consider it, how to ascertain its sufficiency, and how, if issue be joined upon it, to reach a conclusion as to the matter of fact.
HOYT 'V: WRIGHT.
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This paper is called a petition to remand, and in it the pleader sets up a matter which is not shown in the record, and as a pleading it is something that we know nothing about, and we could not take any notice of it, if the matters alleged in it were such as would be sufficient to remand the cause, if true; but the matter stated in the petition is not in itself a ground for remanding the case. It is alleged that Mr. Mills was a party to this suit in the state court, and an owner in the property in controversy; that he conveyed his interest in the property to one of his associates, one of the plaintiffs, and thereupon moved on behalf of the other plaintiffs to transfer the cause to this court; that this was done for'the purpose of conferring jurisdiction upon this court; "that ,the sale and conveyance by Mr. Mills to his co-plaintiff, Wright, and the discontinuance of the action as to himself in'the district court of the county of Ouray and state of Colorado, was made for the sole and avowed purpose of giving this court jurisdiction of said case." If that is true exactly as stated, it is no ground for remanding the case, provided the sale was in fact made. A party having property may sell it for the express purpose of enabling his vendee to sue in this court, and if it be a real sale and not a sham, that is no objection to the jurisdiction; but, if the transfer is merely colorable,if, notwithstanding the transfer, he still retains his interest in the property. and is still the owner of it,-then it would be a collusive proceeding, which, of course, would not confer jurisdiction. The question in sooh a transaction as this is whether there was a real transfer of the interest by which the vendee in the conveyance obtained a title, or whether it was colorable merely; whether Mr. Mills still retains his interest in it. If, by plea to the jurisdiction in the form which is prescribed by law, the defendant here is able to allege that Mr. Mills, being a party to this suit in the state court, without consideration, or in any way which was not effective to transfer his interest, and merely for the purpose of giving this court jurisdiction, trallsferred his interest to one of the other parties, and thereupon caused the suit to be removed, tha;
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may be ground for remanding; otherwise we must tho case here. I do not Bee that any order is to be made here; we take no noticb whatever of the petition.
ORMSBY V. UNION PACIFIC
Ry.
CO.
(Oircuit Oourt, D. Oolorado. 1. DEMUBRER-PLEADING.-A
October 13, 1880.)
demurrer "to so much of the answer as sets up the special contract" will not be received by the court. 2. RAILBOAD-CONTRACT-REASONABLENESS.-A contract between u railroad company and a shipper of horses stipulated that for injuries to the animals shipped'over the line of the road the owner should make a demand in writing of the agent of the company before removing them from the place of destination, or from the place otdelivery, Held,. that this clause of the contract was not applicable where the injury was the illness of the animals, and the. extent of such illness could not be known Ut til their removal from the cars, and probably not for some little time after such removal.
Demurrer. - - - , for plaintif1. - - - , for defendant. HAJ,LETT, D. J. In the case against the railroad company, the plaintiff alleges that he shipped certain horses over its line, and that they were detained on the way, at a place called Brookville, for a space of 24 hours, in consequence of which they were sick, and two of them died; that he was put to expense in taking care of all of them, and that Bome of them depreciated in value-those that were not wholly lost. To this the defendant sets up that there was a special contract in relation to the shipment of these horses; but the special contract does not in any way provide for the detention of the stock on the way. It says nothing on that subject; so that, as far as the first defence alleged here is concerned, the contract is not at all pertinent to anything that is alleged in the declaration. The plaintiff, in demurring to it, says that he demU1"8 to so much of the answer as sets up the special contract. We do not receive a. demurrer on such a. specifica..