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ST. LOUIS & SAN FRS'CO RAILWAY v. JAMES

No. 242.

161 U.S. 545 (1896)

ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. JAMES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George R. Peck, Mr. A.T. Britton, Mr. E.D. Kenna, and Mr. A.B. Browne, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Frank W. Hackett, Mr. J.H. Clendening, Mr. H.C. Mechem, and Mr. F.A. Youmans for defendant in error.

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

Etta James, as a citizen of the State of Missouri, and having a cause of action against the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Missouri, could, of course, sue the latter in the courts of that State, but equally, of course, could not sue such state corporation in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri. Can she, as such...

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