MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.
By an action begun in a state court in Harrison County, Texas, W.L. Roe sought to recover from the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, a Federal corporation, $30,000 as damages for personal injuries sustained through its negligence while he was in its employ as a brakeman and while both were engaged in interstate commerce. In due time and in the accustomed way, the case was removed into the District Court...
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