SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. TOMLINSON

No. 251.

163 U.S. 369 (1896)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. TOMLINSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton for plaintiff in error.

Mr. R.C. Garland for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This action is brought under provisions of a statute of the Territory of Arizona, copied from a statute of Texas upon the same subject. Arizona Rev. Stat. of 1887, tit. 36, §§ 2145-2155; Texas Rev. Stat. of 1879, §§ 2899-2909.

By this statute, an action, on account of injuries causing the death of any person, may be brought against a railroad company, or other...

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