Legal Opinion
J. A. Moore and Farris Antoine v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1959No. 17483PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs below, Moore and Antoine, respectively passenger conductor, and trainman and passenger porter, brought separate suits for damages under Texas law for wrongful discharge. The case proceeding to trial before a judge and jury, evidence was taken and, subject to defendant’s motion for directed verdict, the case was sent to the jury on a general charge, to which defendant took no exception and plaintiffs took none except in respect to elements of damage.
In this charge, instead, under Texas law,1 indeed under general common law, 35 Am.Jur. Secs. 36 and 40, pages…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- The Yorkshire Indemnity Company of New York (Also Known as the Yorkshire Insurance Company of New York) v. Roosth & Genecov Production CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Banks v. Associated Indemnity CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
- John A. Snead, Administrator of the Estate of Kermit Norma Elswick v. The New York Central Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Skagway City School Board v. DavisAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- Advance Ross Electronics Corp. v. Green, 1981)Court of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- John Robert Lucas v. Whittaker Corporation, a California Corporation, and Whittaker Power Systems Corporation, a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Scott v. National Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1963
- Lee v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
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