Legal Opinion
Harrelson v. Missouri Pacific Transp. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1936No. 10646PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
Mrs. Mary F. Harrelson (administratrix) brought this suit in a state court of Arkansas for damages against the Missouri Pacific Transportation Company, a common carrier of passengers by bus, incorporated under the laws of Delaware, one of its bus drivers, a resident citizen of Tennessee, and Jake McClanahan, a resident citizen of Arkansas; the allegations of the petition being that the defendants had been guilty of negligence which caused the death of her husband. The transportation company and its driver removed the cause to the federal court on the grounds: (1) That…
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- Cameron v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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