GALVESTON &C. RAILWAY v. GONZALES

No. 158.

151 U.S. 496 (1894)

GALVESTON, HARRISBURG AND SAN ANTONIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. GONZALES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 29, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, (with whom was Mr. Charles H. Tweed on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.


Mr. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case raises the question whether a railway company, incorporated under the laws of a certain State, and having its principal offices within one district of such State, can be said to be an inhabitant of another district of the same State, through which it operates its line of road and in which it maintains freight and ticket offices and depots...

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