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“Rule obtained by the plaintiff to show cause why the record in this suit should not be remanded to the state court, from which it was sent to this. This was, a writ of ejectment, brought under the act of assembly of this state, passed the 21st of March 1806, 4 Smith, 332, and the supplement thereto, 4 Smith, 476, by the plaintiff, against Seymour Spafford, the tenant in possession, for a tract of land in the county of Wayne. David Torrey, styling himself a citizen of Massachusetts, filed a petition in that court, stating that the land in dispute is his property, and that Spafford has no title thereto but as his tenant, and praying to be admitted a defendant in the action. The petitioner further states, that the land exceeds the value of $500, and prays that the cause may be removed for trial into the next circuit court of the United States for this district. The prayers of the petition being granted, Torrey entered into a recogzance to enter in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Pennsylvania copies of the process against him in the above action

Case Citation

4 Wash. C. C. 286