Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hill
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of ,a judgment for damages for personal injuries, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
As a corporation created by an act of Congress the plaintiff in error is inherently entitled to invoke our jurisdiction. Hence the motion to dismiss is without merit.
Both the record and the argument for reversal are voluminous, the latter covering about one hundred and thirty-five printed pages. We state some of tfie undisputed facts out of which the controversy arose and recapitulate such of the propositions relied on in argument as we think need to be considered to make clear our disposition of the case.
On December 22, 1911, while a passenger on a train of the Texas & Pacific Railway moving…
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