Illinois Cent. R. v. Rogers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Action by Wallace Rogers against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MAXEY, District Judge.
In the disposition of this case the ruling of the trial court on the exceptions of the railroad company, raising *53the question of jurisdiction, will be first considered. The question involved was whether the case made by the petition of the plaintiff came within the provisions of the Employers’ .Liability Act. The court has no jurisdiction otherwise, since the parties are citizens of states other than Louisiana; and the exceptions presented the sole question as to the applicability of the statute to the facts alleged in the petition.
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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