Bryan v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Action by Edward Jefferson Bryan against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
The parties to this action will be named as in the trial court. The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages which he alleged resulted from the abandonment by defendant of its main line of road from New Castle to Bangor, Blount county, Ala. At the trial of the case counsel for defendant moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor. The motion was granted, and the plaintiff has brought the case here assigning error. The plaintiff stated his causes of action in two counts.
The first count, after alleging the purchase of about 2,600 acres of land in Blount…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Thorpe v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1886
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- Jones v. Newport News & M. V. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
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