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TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY v. BARRETT

No. 247.

166 U.S. 617 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 707

41 L.Ed. 1136

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, v. BARRETT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David D. Duncan for plaintiff in error. Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Winslow F. Pierce were on his brief.

Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. R.C. Garland, for defendant in error, submitted on their brief.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover for personal injuries, brought by Barrett, in the District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, and removed on the application of the company to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment, and defendant thereupon carried the case on writ of error to the Circuit...

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