Duval v. Pullman Palace-Car Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. These were two actions, one by Laura P. Duval, the other by Mary D. Maddox and her husband, against the Pullman Palace-Car Company, brought in a court of the state of Texas, and removed therefrom by defendant to the circuit court of the United States, and there consolidated. At the trial the court instructed the jury to find for defendant. Judgment for defendant was entered on the verdict.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. These were two actions, one by Laura P. Duval, the other by Mary D. Maddox and her husband, against the Pullman Palace-Car Company, brought in a court of the state of Texas, and removed therefrom by defendant to the circuit court of the United States, and there consolidated. At the trial the court instructed the jury to find for defendant. Judgment for defendant was entered on the verdict. Plaintiffs brought error.
1Opinion of the Court
TOUT MTU, District Judge.
Laura P. Duval and Mary D. Maddox, joined by her husband, John W. Maddox, brought their separate suits against the Pullman Palace-Car Company in the district court of Travis county, Tex., and upon petition of defendant in error the cases were removed to the United States circuit court for the fifth circuit and western district of Texas, at Austin, where they were consolidated by agreement; and at the trial, upon a peremptory instruction from the court, the jury found for the defendant company, and judgment was entered accordingly. The two cases arose out of the same…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Pullman Co. v. RileyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
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