E. E. Taenzer & Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. The plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) brought suit against the defendant (hereafter called the lioclc Island Company) for the recovery of damages on account of the breaches — first, by the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company (hereafter called the Choctaw Company); and. second, by the defendant company, in failing to deliver cars as required by a contract of November 22, 1!)00,…
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. The plaintiff in error (plaintiff below) brought suit against the defendant (hereafter called the lioclc Island Company) for the recovery of damages on account of the breaches — first, by the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company (hereafter called the Choctaw Company); and. second, by the defendant company, in failing to deliver cars as required by a contract of November 22, 1!)00, between the Choctaw Company and the Oifford-Frisbee Dumber Company. The terms and conditions of this contract, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, District Judge,
after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion .of the court.
1. The trial court rightly held that there was no testimony tending to show the defendant liable for breaches of the contract on the part of the Choctaw Company. As appears by the statement'of facts above, no testimony whatever was introduced tending to show by what means (whether consolidation, lease, or otherwise) the defendant acquired its interest in the contract or in the property generally of the Choctaw Company; much less was there any evidence that the defendant, by virtue of either statutory…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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