Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Jaber
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The complaint was brought against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company as defendants, and alleged that the defendants were each railroad corporations authorized to do business in the State of Arkansas, and in the Fort Smith District of Sebastian County.
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court; Daniel Hon, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The complaint was brought against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company as defendants, and alleged that the defendants were each railroad corporations authorized to do business in the State of Arkansas, and in the Fort Smith District of Sebastian County. That each of said defendants had agents in said county upon whom legal process might be served. That the defendant, the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, had agents in the Fort Smith…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The only error relied upon toy counsel for appellant in their brief is that the court had no jurisdiction to try the case. Kirby’s Digest, § 6068, provides as follows: “An action against a railroad company, or an owner of a line of mail stages or other .coaches, for an injury to person or property upon the road or line of stages or coaches of the defendant, or upon a liability as a carrier, may be brought in any county through or into which the road or line of stages or coaches of the defendant upon which the cause of action arose passes.” In construing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. HaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
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