Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Wells
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal -from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas; William R. Smith, Judge. Suit by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Eé Railway Company against Edmund R. Wells and others for injunction. Relief denied, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Edmund R. Wells, a citizen of Colorado, sustained personal injuries in New Mexico, while he was employed by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company, a corporation under the laws of Kansas. Wells brought suit in a state court of Texas against the railway company, alleging that his injuries were due to its negligence. In Texas the railway company was engaged *370only in interstate commerce, and was not served with process. In aid of his suit, Wells obtained, first, a writ of attachment and then a writ of garnishment, and recovered judgment by default, in the sum of…
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