Piquignot v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, -from the Circuit. Court of the. United States for the Western. District of Pennsylvania. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier
The caption of this suit, and the declaration, describe the plaintiff as a citizen of France, but contain no averment as to the citizenship of. the defendant. Nor does it state whether “ The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ” is a corporation or a private association, or the name of an individual. The declaration avers that the defendants are transporters of emigrants for hire, and undertook to convey the plaintiff and his wile from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, but did it in such a negligent and careless manner that his wife was frozen to death on her passage. The defendant pleaded in abatement,…
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