Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Gonzales
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This' was an action at law instituted in the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas at El Paso by the defendant in error, Victor Gonzales, alleged to be “ a citizen of the State of Chihuahua, in the Republic of Mexico,” against the.Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, to recover damages to the amount of $4999 for personal injuries.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This' was an action at law instituted in the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas at El Paso by the defendant in error, Victor Gonzales, alleged to be “ a citizen of the State of Chihuahua, in the Republic of Mexico,” against the.Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, to recover damages to the amount of $4999 for personal injuries. The petition alleged the plaintiff to be “ a citizen of the State of Chihuahua, in the Republic of Mexico, and thao the defendant is a corporation duly…
1Opinion of the Court
*499Mr. Justice Brown,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.’
This case raises the question whether a railway company, incorporated under the laws of a certain State, and having its principal offices within one district of such State, can be said to be an inhabitant of another district of ■ the same State, through which it operates its line of road and in which it maintains freight and ticket offices and depots.
We have no doubt of our authority under the act of February 25, 1889, to review the decision of the court below sustaining its jurisdiction over the case; and we have…
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