SLATER v. MEXICAN NATIONAL R.R. CO.

No. 162.

194 U.S. 120 (1904)

SLATER v. MEXICAN NATIONAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.A. Keller, Mr. Mason Williams and Mr. E. Atlee for petitioners submitted.

Mr. LeRoy G. Denman, with whom Mr. Thomas W. Dodd was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Texas by citizens and residents of Texas against a Colorado corporation operating a railroad from Texas to the City of Mexico. The plaintiffs are the widow and children of William H. Slater, who was employed by the defendant as a switchman on its road and was killed through the defendant...

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