Legal Opinion
Baltimore & O. R. v. Burris
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1901No. 895PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Error to, the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by way of an intervening petition, by Burris, who, while he was the conductor of a freight train in the service of receivers of the railroad company appointed by the court in a case hereinafter mentioned, was severely injured in an accident which happened on the railroad in consequence, as he alleged, of the negligence of the receivers. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000.
When the accident occurred there was pending in the equity side of the court below a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage, the title of…
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- Felton v. BullardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- Memphis & C. R. v. HoechnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Louisville & N. R. v. TruettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
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