Legal Opinion
Moss v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 12, 1946No. 51, Docket 20310PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is by the plaintiff from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint was dismissed on motion before trial on the grounds both of improper venue and undue burden upon interstate commerce. The plaintiff is a resident of Pennsylvania and the defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of Virginia which maintains its principal place of business in North Carolina. It is an interstate carrier by railroad with no tracks of its own north of Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia but whose so-called through trains run from…
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