Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Miles

Mr. Chibe Justice G-reen

delivered the opinion of the Court.

From a decree overruling the demurrer to the original and amended bill the chancellor permitted an appeal.

The original bill was filed by the Illinois Central Railroad Company, a common carrier with lines traversing several States and having an office, depot, yards, etc., at Memphis, to enjoin a suit brought by Mrs. Jessie Miles, administratrix of the estate of her husband, Paul H. Miles, in a circuit court at Saint Louis, Missouri. It appeared from the allegations of the bill that the deceased was accidentally killed at Memphis while…