Legal Opinion
Lone Star Package Car Co., Inc. v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1954No. 14336_1PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The questions to be decided are whether a third party complaint was properly served on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, whether the district court acquired jurisdiction of that company, and whether the venue was properly laid.
The original action was brought in the district court by Insurance Company of North America, a Pennsylvania corporation, against Lone Star Package Car Company, Inc., a Texas Corporation, 1 to recover for damages occurring to a shipment of machinery made from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Laredo, Texas, and for damages occurring on the return…
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