Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Humble
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIROUXT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH OIRCUIT. This was an action brought by Emma Humble against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in the circuit, court of Miller County, Arkansas, to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by her in the defendant’s station at Texarkana, Arkansas, on April 9, 1898, by reason of defendant’s negligence, and removed on defendant’s petition to the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
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ERROR TO THE CIROUXT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH OIRCUIT. This was an action brought by Emma Humble against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company in the circuit, court of Miller County, Arkansas, to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by her in the defendant’s station at Texarkana, Arkansas, on April 9, 1898, by reason of defendant’s negligence, and removed on defendant’s petition to the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Plaintiff obtained judgment, which was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 97 Ped. Hep. 837,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
Plaintiff in error contends that the judgment should be reversed because the Circuit Court erred in declining to direct the joinder of the husband; in applying the law of Arkansas in the trial of the case and not that of Louisiana; and in allowing impaired earning power to be considered as an element of recovery.
The statutes of Arkansas provided- that a married women “ might maintain an action in her own name for or on account of her sole or separate estate or property,.or for damages against any person or body corporate for any injury to her person, character or property.” S. & II. Dig. §…
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