Case Name: MRS. RAY CHAPPELL OVERTON, Administratrix, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1932-05-04
Citations: 202 N.C. 848
Docket Number: 
Parties: MRS. RAY CHAPPELL OVERTON, Administratrix, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 202
Pages: 848–848

Head Matter:
MRS. RAY CHAPPELL OVERTON, Administratrix, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
(Filed 4 May, 1932.)
Appeal by plaintiff from MacRae, Special Judged at March Term, 1932, of EowaN.
Civil action to recover damages for an alleged wrongful death, brought against the Southern Eailway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia, and the city of Salisbury, a municipal corporation chartered under the laws of North Carolina.
Motion by nonresident defendant to remove cause to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of North Carolina for. trial. Motion allowed, and plaintiff appeals.
Hayden Clement for plaintiff.
Linn & Linn and R. C. Kelly for defendant Southern Railway Company.

Opinion:
Pee OueiaM.
The petition for removal, in addition to showing the presence of the requisite jurisdictional amount, asserts a right of removal on the grounds of diverse citizenship and fraudulent joinder of the resident defendant.
It appears that no valid cause of action is stated against the resident defendant, city of Salisbury, hence, under Wright v. Utility Co., 198 N. C., 204, 151 S. E., 241, the motion to remove was properly allowed.
Affirmed.