Legal Opinion
Crump v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1948No. 13715PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment for the defendant in an action against the trustee in bankruptcy of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company to recover the value of two carloads of cotton destroyed by fire.
The case was tried to the court without a jury, and the plaintiff assails as erroneous certain findings of fact, a ruling of the court refusing to reopen the case to receive further evidence, and the court’s conclusion of law.
In the trial court plaintiffs claimed that they had loaded two cars of the defendant with baled cotton for shipment; that the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Blish Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. StarbirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Commercial Union InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- National Garment Co. v. New York, C. & St. LR Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Modern Tool Corp. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1951
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company v. Metal-Matic, Inc., Metal-Matic, Inc. v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Prowse v. WhitehurstCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
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