Hill v. Pullman Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
At Law. Action by Chester U. Hill against the Pullman Company. Verdict for plaintiff. On motion for new trial and for judgment non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In this case Chester L,. Hill brought suit against the Pullman Company to recover damages for alleged negligence of the latter while he was occupying a berth on one of its sleeping cars. The jury rendered a verdict in his favor for $180, being for money and personal effects stolen from him while asleep in the berth, and for $1,200 damages for personal injuries inflicted on him by the robber who struck him while thus asleep and rendered him unconscious in order to effect the robbery. The defendant now moves for a new trial and for judgment non obstante veredicto.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Connell's Ex'ors v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Lewis v. New York Sleeping Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Campbell v. Pullman Palace-Car Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1890
- Carpenter v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
3Cited by5 opinions
- Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. KulpCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Wallace v. Der-OhanianCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- Pullman Co. v. CulbrethCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1924
- Culbreth v. Pullman Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1923
- Wilkinson v. Pullman Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1927