Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. Hughes

(after stating the facts as above). The court did not err in overruling appellant’s petition to remove the cause from the state to a federal court on the ground that it was incorporated under an act of Congress. T. & P. Ry. Co. v. Hanson, 189 S. W. 289.

In their original petition appellees alleged, as is shown in the statement above, that the tree fell “just prior to the time the passenger coach on which said George E. Hughes was riding had reached the point opposite same,” and that deceased was struck by limbs of the tree on the back of his head, “causing a severe shock” and fracturing his…