Illinois Supreme Court April 15, 1864 (People ex rel. Western Trans. Co. v. Superior Court)

Mr. Justice Beckwith

delivered the opinion of the Court:

The petition to be filed for the removal of a cause from a State court to the Circuit Court of the United States, under the act of Congress of September 24, 1789, is not required to state the alienage or citizenship of the parties, or the amount in controversy. The act of congress does not require the petition to be verified in any manner.