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TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. GENTRY

No. 258.

163 U.S. 353 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 1104

41 L.Ed. 186

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, v. GENTRY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon, (with whom were Mr. Winslow F. Pierce and Mr. David D. Duncan, on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.C. Garland for defendant in error. Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. Charles I. Evans were on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant railway company, the present plaintiff in error, resulting in the death of Louis D. Gentry. It was brought in the Circuit Court of Dallas County, Texas, and was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas on the petition of the defendant, a corporation created...

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