Teel v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. of Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Action by Etta Teel, as administratrix of the estate of Lake Teel, deceased, against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company of Virginia. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Case held for amendment of writ of error.
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for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Andrew M. J. Cochran, Judge. Action by Etta Teel, as administratrix of the estate of Lake Teel, deceased, against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company of Virginia. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Case held for amendment of writ of error. Action was commenced in the Kenton pircuit court at Oovington, Ky.. and was subsequently removed on petition of the defendant in error to the *For other cases see same topic & § NUMBER in court below, where a directed verdict was rendered in. favor of the defense. Plaintiff's intestate died of…
1Opinion of the CourtWarrington, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The details set out in the statement of facts are deemed necessary because of two questions of jurisdiction that are presented by the record. One relates to this court and the other to the court below. The action upon which issue was ultimately joined in the court below was against both the railway companies; it was a joint action against them as joint tort-feasors.
[1] The defendant Sullivan was eliminated by plaintiff’s election to stand on the first count. It was plaintiff’s right to sue either of the companies alone, but it is settled (at least in the…
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- Estis v. TrabueSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Southern Railway Co. v. CarsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Green County v. Thomas'Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Walton v. Marietta Chair Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
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- Lorang v. Alaska S. S. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1924
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- American Baptist Home Mission Soc. v. BarnettCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- Teel v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
- Mitchell v. Southern Ry. Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1917
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