O'Donnell v. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
At Law. On petition for change of venue and plea to jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
Woolson, District Judge.
This is an action for personal injuries brought into this court on removal from state court. The petition, originally filed in the district court of Polk county, Iowa, states as cause of action that defendant is a Kansas corporation, whose line of operated railway extends through Colorado, Kansas,. Iowa, and other states; that in July, 1891, plaintiffs decedent, at Pueblo, Colo., while exercising due care on his part, and while employed by defendant in the operation of its railway, was killed, by reason of the negligence of the defendant. Service of notice was made on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Des Moines Branch of the State Branch v. VanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
- Spurrier v. WirtnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
- Childs v. LimbackSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Lyon v. O'KellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
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- Wabash Western Ry. v. BrowCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Farm Cornn v. WardellDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1915