Legal Opinion

Devost v. Twin State Gas & Electric Co.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 6, 1918No. Nos. 1297, 1298PublishedCited by 9 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Hampshire; Edgar Aldrich, Judge. Action by Joseph O. A. Devost, by next friend, against the Twin State Gas & Electric Company and others and the City of Berlin. There was a judgment for plaintiff against the City of Berlin and in favor of the other defendants, and both the municipality and plaintiff bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, District Judge.

These writs of error to the District Court for the District of New Hampshire seek to review the rulings of that court in an action for personal injuries, wherein Joseph O. A. Devost, a citizen of New Hampshire, was plaintiff, and had a verdict and judgment thereon against the city of Berlin, a municipal corporation of the state of New Hampshre. By direction of the court verdicts were returned for the other defendants, Twin State Gas & Electric Company, a corporation of the state of Connecticut, and the Berlin Water Company, a corporation of the state of Maine.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. WillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. Stevens v. NicholsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  5. Phelps v. OaksSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Levering & Garrigues Co. v. MorrinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  2. Dollar S. S. Lines, Inc. v. MerzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
  3. Lewis v. United Air Lines Transport CorporationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1939
  4. Matthew v. CoppinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929
  5. Olsen v. JacklowitzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1935

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