TIPTON v. ATCHISON RY. CO.

No. 664.

298 U.S. 141 (1936)

TIPTON v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herman A. Bachrack submitted for petitioner.

Mr. Leo E. Sievert, with whom Messrs. Robert Brennan and Charles H. Woods were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, a citizen of California, brought an action against the respondent in the Superior Court of the State to recover for injuries sustained in the course of his employment as a switchman. The complaint recites that the respondent, a Kansas corporation, is a common carrier by railroad in interstate commerce, authorized to transact business in California, and...

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