Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Co. v. Sloan

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 15, 1878PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. W. K. McAllister, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, J.

Appellee sued out a summons in case against the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago R. R. Co., on the 3d day of July, 1874, which was served upon R. C. Meldrum as its general agent, and filed his declaration on the 10th day of August following. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and two trials were had thereon, resulting respectively in verdicts for the plaintiff, which were set aside. During the progress of the third—on the 27th of March, 1877—he obtained leave of court to amend the record and papers by substituting the appellant here as party defendant, and to issue a summons against it;…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCHSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  3. Railway Co. v. Whitton's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  4. Railroad Company v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  5. Olcott v. . the Tioga Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Bernard Food Industries, Inc. v. The Dietene CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
  2. Colonial & United States Mortgage Co. v. Northwest Thresher Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Turcott v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Burns v. White Swan Mining Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1899
  5. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. TaliaferroSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917

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