“This is a motion, that the appearance of Fernando Arredondo, one of the defendants, be entered in this Court, for the purpose of removing the cause from the State Court, where it was commenced, pursuant to the act of Congress in such case made and provided . . . A bill in equity was filed by Ward, a citizen of the state of New-York, against the Arredondos, who are aliens, and Thomas, who is a citizen of the state of New-York, for the specific performance of a contract between the Arredondos and Ward, for the conveyance by them of a certain tract of land in Florida, under and by virtue of a contract which had been entered into between the parties, for the sale and purchase of the land in question, a deed for which had been duly executed by the Arredondos, and sent to Thomas for delivery, with certain instructions which will be noticed hereafter.”
1 Paine 410