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DAVIS v. WECHSLER

No. 70.

263 U.S. 22 (1923)

44 S.Ct. 13

68 L.Ed. 143

DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, ETC. v. WECHSLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 22, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roy B. Thomson, with whom Mr. O.H. Dean, Mr. Albert E. Stoll, Mr. H.M. Langworthy and Mr. M.W. Borders were on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. William S. Hogsett, with whom Mr. Murat Boyle and Mr. Mont T. Prewitt were on the briefs, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff (the respondent here) upon the Chicago Great Western Railroad on January 3, 1920, while that road was under federal control. The suit was brought against Walker D. Hines, the Director General, on January 29, 1920, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. The cause of action arose in another county and the plaintiff then and when the suit was...

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