Calhoun v. Pullman Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. This cause was disposed of in the court below upon a demurrer to the plaintiff's petition. The demurrer was sustained, and the judgment was for the defendant.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. This cause was disposed of in the court below upon a demurrer to the plaintiff's petition. The demurrer was sustained, and the judgment was for the defendant. The opinion of the court by Judge McCall is reported in (C. C.) 149 Fed. 546. The action was for a breach of contract for the use of a sleeping birth in one of the cars of the defendant from Providence, XL I., to Washington, D. C., and an alleged supplementary agreement that he could have a certain railroad ticket, which he liad for transportation…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The demurrer admits all facts well pleaded in the petition, and the question is whether the information given to the plaintiff by the defendant’s agent of whom he purchased his sleeping berth ticket, that he could get his transportation ticket countersigned at Washington instead of New York, bound the defendant as by a guaranty that the railroad company should transport him to Washington without his *389ticket being countersigned at New York. The solution of this question depends upon the relation of the sleeping car company and the railroad company, and their…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad v. Pullman Southern Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Campbell v. Pullman Palace-Car Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1890
- Duval v. Pullman Palace-Car Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1894
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Pullman Co. v. StrangCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
- Judge v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
- Bonner v. the Pullman CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
- Johnson v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- Pullman Co. v. RileyAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
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