Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Lawrence
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the circuit court of Claiborne county. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Question of jurisdiction. —Can a citizen residing in a foreign state sue the Pullman Palace Car Company, which is a citizen of and resident in the same foreign state with himself, in the circuit court of Mississippi, for a tort committed in the foreign state, of which both of them are citizens and residents, neither of them being citizens of or residents in Mississippi ? Section 849…
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Prom the circuit court of Claiborne county. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Question of jurisdiction. —Can a citizen residing in a foreign state sue the Pullman Palace Car Company, which is a citizen of and resident in the same foreign state with himself, in the circuit court of Mississippi, for a tort committed in the foreign state, of which both of them are citizens and residents, neither of them being citizens of or residents in Mississippi ? Section 849 of the annotated code provides: ‘ ‘ Corporations which exist by the laws of any other state of the union, may sue in…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
This action was instituted by appellee, in the circuit court of Claiborne county, Mississippi, against appellant for the recovery of fifty thousand dollars, for personal injuries alleged to have been wilfully and wantonly inflicted upon appellee by one of the servants of appellant, employed as a waiter upon the sleeping car of appellant, in which appellee was being transported from Chicago, Ill., to New Orleans, La.
*792The complaint of appellee was filed in said court on January 2, 1896, and a summons duly issued, and duly executed by service upon a conductor of appellant, in the town of Port…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Burns v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Nevin v. Pullman Palace Car Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Smith v. WunderlichIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. ReedIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
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