Supreme Court of the United States November 9, 1891, 28 (Marshall v. Holmes)

Mr. Justice Harlan,

after stating the case, delivered-the opinion of the court.

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After the filing of the petition for removal, accompanied by a sufficient bond, and alleging that the controversy was wholly between citizens of different States, the state court was without authority to proceed further if the suit, in its nature, is one of which the Circuit Court of the United States could