S.L. S.F. Ry. Co. v. Smith

The action was for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by appellee at Ada,t in the Indian Territory, while in the act of alighting from appellant's train.

The petition on which the case was tried, the second amended original petition, filed April 9, 1903, alleged that plaintiff resided in the Territory and that defendant is a railway corporation incorporated under the laws of Missouri engaged as a carrier of persons and freight in said Territory and in the State of Texas. This pleading alleged that defendant had entered its appearance and filed answer and was before the court.…