CROSS v. EVANS

No. 268.

167 U.S. 60 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 733

42 L.Ed. 77

CROSS, v. EVANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Hagerman, Mr. F.C. Dillard and Mr. T.S. Miller for plaintiffs in error submitted on their brief.

Mr. Rush Taggart for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The action below was commenced in September, 1890, by Evans in a Texas state court against Cross and Eddy as receivers of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained within the State of Texas while acting as brakeman upon a train running over a branch line of said railway system while it was being operated by the receivers...

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