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McKNETT v. ST. LOUIS & S.F. RY. CO.

No. 597.

292 U.S. 230 (1934)

McKNETT v. ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Kirkman Jackson, with whom Mr. Walter S. Brower was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. L.D. Gardner, Jr., for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, to recover damages for an injury suffered in Tennessee. The plaintiff, McKnett, is a resident of Tennessee. The defendant, St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, is a foreign corporation doing business in Alabama. It pleaded in abatement that the court lacked jurisdiction, since the...

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