(DOWNLOAD) "Slater v. Mexican National Railroad Company" by Supreme Court of the United States # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Slater v. Mexican National Railroad Company
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 11, 1904
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
Description
This is an action brought in the United States Circuit Court for the Northen 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 defendants negligence while coupling two freight cars at Nuevo Laredo, in Mexico. This action is to recover damages for the death. The laws of Mexico were set forth in the plaintiffs petition, and the defendant demurred on the ground that the cause of action given by the Mexican laws was not transitory, for reasons sufficiently stated. The demurrer was overruled,