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ATCHISON RY. CO. v. WELLS

No. 232.

265 U.S. 101 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 469

68 L.Ed. 928

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. WELLS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 12, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Culwell, with whom Mr. J.W. Terry and Mr. Gardiner Lathrop were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. George E. Wallace, for respondents, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Wells, a citizen and resident of Colorado employed by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, was injured while performing his duties in New Mexico. He sued the company in a state court of Texas, but could not make personal service upon it within that State.1 Wells procured from the same court a writ of garnishment to a Texas railroad company whose line connected with...

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