Mexican Nat. R. v. Slater
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. This was an action by the defendants in error, Lena M. Slater, and William F. Slater, Jesse R. Slater, Annie E. Slater, and Henry G. Slater, minors, surviving wife and children of William H. Slater, deceased, against the Mexican National Railroad Company (the plaintiff in error), to recover damages for the death of the deceased.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. This was an action by the defendants in error, Lena M. Slater, and William F. Slater, Jesse R. Slater, Annie E. Slater, and Henry G. Slater, minors, surviving wife and children of William H. Slater, deceased, against the Mexican National Railroad Company (the plaintiff in error), to recover damages for the death of the deceased. The petition is in the usual form until it reaches the ninth paragraph, and then it is in the words and figures following: “(9) Plaintiffs further allege that by the laws of Mexico…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCORMICK, Circuit Judge
The grounds of the defendant’s demurrers and of its special plea are these: (i) That the death occurred in the republic of Mexico, and not within the jurisdiction of the circuit court. (2) That under the Mexican laws the parties who may prosecute the suit are different from the parties who- may prosecute a like suit in the state of Texas, and that the laws of Mexico pleaded and relied upon by the plaintiffs are so far different in other particulars from the laws of Texas as to put the case outside of the jurisdiction of the circuit court. (3) That the right of the plaintiffs to recover…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. LehmbergCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Higgins v. Central New England & Western RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. YoungerTexas Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Liechti v. RocheCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Rein v. Koons Ford, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- First National City Bank v. Compania De Aguaceros, S. A.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Chance v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
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