Southern Pac. Co. v. Baum

BICKLEY, Justice.

Appellee, Baum, a resident of New Mexico, claiming to have been injured through the negligence of appellant, operating a line of railroad in Texas and New Mexico, commenced a damage suit in the courts of Texas under what is known as the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59), which gives him the right to maintain his cause of action at any point where the defendant may be doing business and where the courts will take jurisdiction thereof.

Appellant sought an injunction from the district court of Quay county, N. M., to restrain appellee from maintaining his suit in…