SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. DENTON

No. 403.

146 U.S. 202 (1892)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. DENTON

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.A. McKnight for the motion.

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton opposing.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought January 29, 1889, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas, against the Southern Pacific Company, by Elizabeth Jane Denton, to recover damages to the amount of $4970, for the death of her son by the defendant's negligence near Paisano in the county of Presidio on January 31, 1888. The petition alleged that "the...

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