Santa Fe Central Railway Co. v. Friday
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP NEW MEXICO. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the courts of a Territory of the United States over actions brought under the Employers’ Liability Act of 1906, are stated in the opinion. This suit was brought under the Employers’ Liability.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP NEW MEXICO. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of the courts of a Territory of the United States over actions brought under the Employers’ Liability Act of 1906, are stated in the opinion. This suit was brought under the Employers’ Liability. Act of Congress approved June 11, 1906, and as a pending case was prosecuted to a final judgment after the passage of the act of Congress approved April 22, 1908. Suit was brought in the First Judicial District Court, or in other words, in the territorial or Federal court as distinguished from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action for personal injuries brought by the defendant in error against the Railway Company under the act of June 11, 1906, c. 3073, 34 Stat. 232, held valid for the Territories in El Paso & Northeastern Ry. Co. v. Gutierrez, 215 U. S. 87. The plaintiff got a verdict and judgment which the Supreme Court of the Territory affirmed. 16 New Mex. 434.
The only argument addressed to us is an attack upon the jurisdiction of the court that tried the case. That court was' the District Court sitting for the trial of causes arising under the .Constitution and laws of the United States in the…
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