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TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY v. EASTIN & KNOX

No. 177.

214 U.S. 153 (1909)

29 S.Ct. 564

53 L.Ed. 946

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. EASTIN & KNOX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. W.L. Hall, with whom Mr. John F. Dillon was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Thomas D. Sporer, with whom Mr. H.C. McClure was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The assignments of error present the question of the right of the Texas and Pacific Company to a removal of the case to the Circuit Court of the United States, (1) Because, being a corporation chartered under an act of Congress, the suit was one arising under the laws of the United States, and that this character was not taken from...

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