Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Ayers

Ayers filed this suit against appellant in the district court of El Paso county, Tex., to recover damages arising from personal injuries. He alleged, that he resided in the state of Oklahoma, and that the defendant was a foreign corporation, duly incorporated, owning and operating a line of railroad extending from Barstow, Cal., through the states of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, to and into the city and county of El Paso in the state of Texas, Where it maintained offices and agents who were engaged in carrying on the business of defendant in said El Paso county, pertaining to the…