Winders v. Illinois Central Railroad Co.

I agree that the courts of Minnesota cannot refuse to entertain this case for absence of jurisdiction and therefore that there should be no dismissal. But the case presents another problem, somewhat ignored by the opinion, in respect to which I cannot remain silent.

That the case was solicited and procured at Paducah, Kentucky, by a lay employe of plaintiff's attorneys regularly engaged for that purpose, is demonstrated if the record be read in the light of common knowledge. The courts of Minnesota are trying every year a mysteriously large number of foreign personal injury cases. The…