Supreme Court of North Carolina January 25, 1933 (Brown v. Southern Railway Co.)

Stacy, C. J.

Tbe petition for removal, besides showing tbe presence of tbe requisite jurisdictional amount, asserts a right of removal on tbe ground of diverse citizenship, and alleges (1) fraudulent joinder; (2) separable controversy, if, indeed, any cause of action be alleged against tbe resident defendant; and (3) no valid, subsisting cause of action set up against resident defendant.