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    "judges": [
      "BeogdeN, J., took no part in tbe consideration or decision of this case."
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      "J. F. ALLRED et ux. v. TREXLER LUMBER COMPANY et al."
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        "text": "Stacy, C. J.\nTbe plaintiffs, residents of Moore County, North Carolina, sue tbe Trexler Lumber Company, a corporation, citizen and resident of tbe State of Pennsylvania, for damages arising ex contractu, and at tbe same time seek to enjoin tbe foreclosure of a deed of trust given to secure tbe payment of certain promissory notes executed by plaintiffs to tbe corporate defendant.\nVictor S. Bryant, a resident of Durham, N. C., was named as trustee in tbe deed of trust, tbe foreclosure of which is sought to be enjoined, and bis executrix, upon whom \u201call tbe title, rights, powers and duties of such trustee\u201d were cast (C. S., 2578) at bis death, is joined purely as a nominal defendant, and no separate cause of action is alleged or relief demanded as against her. Her interest, therefore, is not sufficient to defeat a removal of tbe cause of action to tbe Federal Court for trial. Morganton v. Hutton, 187 N. C., 736, 122 S. E., 842.\nWhere it appears that tbe real controversy is between citizens of different States, tbe presence of mere formal parties, such as executors of a deceased trustee, even though citizens of tbe same State with tbe plaintiff, will not defeat or oust tbe jurisdiction of tbe Federal Court. Walden v. Skinner, 101 U. S., 577; Black\u2019s Dillon on Removal of Causes, chapter 8, sec. 85.\nThis was tbe bolding of tbe trial court, and we find no error in tbe ruling.\nAffirmed.\nBeogdeN, J., took no part in tbe consideration or decision of this case.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "U. I. Spence for plaintiffs.",
      "Fuller, Reade & Fuller for defendant, Trexler Lumber Company."
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    "head_matter": "J. F. ALLRED et ux. v. TREXLER LUMBER COMPANY et al.\n(Filed 16 November, 1927.)\n1. Removal of Causes \u2014 Federal Courts \u2014 Parties \u2014 Nominal Parties\u2014 Courts \u2014 Jurisdiction.\nWhere a nonresident defendant seeks to remove a cause from the State to the Federal Court for diversity of citizenship, the plaintiff\u2019s joinder of purely nominal party will not oust the jurisdiction of the Federal Court, and alone is insufficient to defeat the defendant\u2019s motion to remove the case under the Federal statute.\na. Same \u2014 Trusts\u2014Trustees\u2014Actions\u2014Contracts\u2014Damages.\nWhere resident plaintiffs bring an action for damages ex contractu, and likewise seek to enjoin the sale of lands under a power given by a deed of trust, the joinder of the trustee is of a mere nominal party, and will not prevent the defendant\u2019s motion to remove the cause to the Federal Court for diversity of citizenship.\nAppeal by plaintiffs from Lyon, Special Judge, at May Term, 1927, of Mooee.\nMotion to remove cause to tbe District Court of tbe United States for tbe Middle District of North Carolina for trial. Motion allowed, and plaintiffs appeal.\nU. I. Spence for plaintiffs.\nFuller, Reade & Fuller for defendant, Trexler Lumber Company."
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