Smith v. Pecos Valley & Northeastern Railway Co.

CONNER, Chief Justice.

Appellant instituted this suit in the District Court of Deaf Smith County, Texas, on the 30th day of March, 1905, against the Pecos Valley and Northeastern Railway Company, incorporated under the laws of the Territory of New Mexico, and the Pecos and Northern Railway Company, a Texas corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been negligently inflicted upon him by the servants and employes of the first named company on January 17, 1905, in Portales, New Mexico.

Appellant alleged that he was a citizen of New Mexico, and appellees among other…