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Bellaire v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 146 U.S. 117 (1892)

Bellaire v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

No. 38

Submitted November 4, 1592

Decided November 14, 1892

146 U.S. 117

Syllabus

The petition of a city in a state court against the lessor and the lessee of a parcel of land to condemn it for the purpose of extending a street cannot be removed into the circuit court of the United States upon the ground of a separable controversy between the lessee and the plaintiff.

The case is stated in the opinion.