Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Stevens
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth District, in an appeal from El Paso County. Stevens sued the railway company and had judgment. It was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The suit was one by Stevens, a non-resident, for damages for personal injuries occurring in another State against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, a foreign corporation. It was filed in the District Court of El Paso County and was tried there, with a judgment for the plaintiff as the result
For service upon the defendant the plaintiff relied upon the due delivery of citation to W. B Brown, B. F. Goering, Charles Watlington, and F. C. Fox, described as its agents. Each as an amicus curiae by affidavit denied .that he was such an agent. The court on hearing held the contrary and…
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