Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Chappell
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
In Equity. Suit by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway 'Company against Laura Chappell and others to restrain defendants from further prosecuting a suit in the state court in which the parties were reversed. On demurrer to complaint. At Law. . Action by Laura Chappell against the Missouri,. Kansas & •Texas Railway Company, removed from the state court. On motions to amend a petition for removal.
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, District Judge.
The facts in the case are as follows:
Laura Chappell, the plaintiff in case 1,074, on August 9, 1912, -filed her petition against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company in the district court of Oklahoma county, state of Oklahoma, alleging, among other things, “that she is a resident of Oklahoma county, state of Oklahoma.” The pleadings show that on October 22, 1911, she purchased a first-class ticket over defendant’s line from Guthrie, Okl., to Oklahoma City, Okl. She was accompanied by five children, as to two of whom the conductor demanded the payment of fare. •…
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