Baltimore & O. R. v. Evans
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Suit in equity by Bertha M. Evans against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below Mrs. Bertha M. Evans, a citizen of Pennsylvania, filed a bill in equity against the *9Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation of Maryland, praying to set aside, as to her, a certain instrument of release signed by her and by M. II. Zinn, administrator of Daniel D. Evans by appointment in West Virginia. On hearing the court below decreed cancellation as prayed for, whereupon the railroad appealed to this court.
The general facts pertinent to the case are recited in an opinion simultaneously filed in an action at law between Bertha M. Evans,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baltimore & O. R. v. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
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