Case Name: Monroe v. Connecticut River Lumber Co. & a.
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1891-06
Citations: 66 N.H. 628
Docket Number: 
Parties: Monroe v. Connecticut River Lumber Co. & a.
Judges: Smith, J., did not sit: the others concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 628–628

Head Matter:
[Grafton,
June, 1891.]
Monroe v. Connecticut River Lumber Co. & a.
Petition, by the defendants for the removal of the action into the circuit court of the United States, on the ground that the plaintiffs made Van Dyke a party defendant for the purpose of preventing a removal, and for no other purpose.
Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor and D. C. & J. W. Remick, for the plaintiffs.
E. Aldrich, Drew & Jordan, and G. A. Bingham, for the defendants.

Opinion:
Carpenter, J.
The question of fact, whether Van Dyke was made a party for the sole purpose of preventing a removal of the action, etc., can finally be determined only by the federal court. Burlington, &c., Railway Co. v. Dunn, 122 U. S. 513. Whether it is or is not expedient to try the question here is a question of fact for the trial term.
Case discharged.
Smith, J., did not sit: the others concurred.