Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Cockrell
Supreme Court of the United States
. ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. • The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment of the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky and the construction of the statutes relative to removal of causes from the state to the Federal court, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanteb
This was an action begun in the Circuit Court of Clark County, Kentucky, by an administrator, to recover damages for the death of his intestate, the defendants being a railway company and the engineer and fireman of one of its' trains which struck and fatally injured the intestate at or near a public crossing in Winchester, Kentucky. The administrator, engineer and fireman were citizens of Kentucky, and the railway company was a Virginia corporation. The latter in due time presented to the court a verified petition and proper bond for the removal of the cause into the Circuit Court of the…
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