Legal Opinion
Canadian National Railway Company v. Agnes P. Conley, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Everett Conley
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 14, 1955No. 4951_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant, Canadian National Railway Company, a Canadian corporation, from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire for the plaintiff, a resident of New Hampshire, in the amount of $15,000 for damages arising out of the death of her husband. The jury’s verdict had been in the amount of $30,000 but the plaintiff filed a remittitur for so much of the verdict as exceeded $15,000, the maximum amount allowable in an action for wrongful death under the New Hampshire statute. N.H.Rev.Laws, c. 355, Sec. 13 (1942)…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Arkansas Valley Land & Cattle Co. v. MannSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Dowling v. L. H. Shattuck, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1941
- Mitchell v. LegarskySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1948
- American Employers Insurance v. WentworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1939
- Dane v. MacGregorSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1947
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Eileen Bailey v. Grand Trunk Lines New England, Canadian National Railway, Midline Division, St. Lawrence RegionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Florence MarshallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Walter N. Aho v. Christina JacobsenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
- Canadian National Railway Company v. Agnes P. Conley, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Everett ConleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1955
- Walter N. Aho v. Christina JacobsenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957