Legal Opinion
Illinois Terminal R. Co. v. Friedman
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1954No. 14817_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff (appellee) in a personal injury action tried to a jury. Two questions were presented to this Court for review: (1) whether the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict on the ground that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law; and (2) whether the District Court committed prejudicial error in admitting certain evidence at the trial.
We find nothing in the record which shows that the District Court had jurisdiction of this case. Diversity of citizenship was not pleaded or proved. Conceivably, if it had been…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Mitchell v. MaurerSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Wilkerson v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Aalco Wrecking Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- District of Columbia, Ex Rel. American Combustion, Inc. v. Transamerica Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Claudia Walker v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association, and Transamerica CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Harry E. Kern v. Standard Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
- Shirley M. Russell v. New Amsterdam Casualty Company and Consumers Public Power DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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