Case Name: MATTER OF TOBIN, PETITIONER. MATTER OF KRISTIANSON
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1909-05-24
Citations: 214 U.S. 506
Docket Number: 
Parties: MATTER OF TOBIN, PETITIONER. MATTER OF KRISTIANSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 506–507

Head Matter:
MATTER OF TOBIN, PETITIONER. MATTER OF KRISTIANSON.
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS AGAINST HONORABLE PAGE MORRIS, DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA, AND AGAINST THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THAT DISTRICT. ;
No.-. Original.
Submitted May 17, 1909.
Decided May 24, 1909.
Leave to file petition for mandamus to remand a case to the state court denied.. •
As stated in the petition, petitioner is plaintiff in an action against the Republic Iron and Steel Company, a corporation, commenced in the state court which had jurisdiction.
Defendant filed a bond and petition for removal, and caused said action to be removed to the United States Circuit Court of the District of Minnesota, Fifth Division, on the ground that the plaintiff was a citizen of Minnesota and the defendant a citizen. of New Jersey. Thereupon, the. plaintiff made a motion before said Federal court to remand said' cause’ of action to said ntaté court for-the reason that the said Federal court did not have jurisdiction of said cause of action or said.parties because •the requisite diversity of.citizenship, did not exist, and because the plaintiff at the time of the commencement of the action and at all times was" an alien and the defendant was not a4 resident or citizen of the State of Minnesota. .
It is conceded that the plaintiff, was and is an alien and that the defendant is not á resident or citizen of the State of Minnésota. The court denied the motion to remand, and application is therefore made to'this honorable court for leave to file a petition praying' for a writ, of mandamus as the said Circuit Court erred in denying the motion to remand for the reason that said Circuit Court could- not assume and did not have jurisdiction of said cause of action or said parties without the 'consent of the plaintiff.
.. Mr- Samuel A. Anderson for petitioner.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Motion.for leave to file petition for writ of. mandamus denied.