Morrisdale Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Action at law by the Morrisdale Coal Company against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant (176 Fed. 748), and plaintiff brings error.
1Dissent
BUFFINGTON. J.
(dissenting). As this court’s own jurisdiction over this case is here involved, and I firmly believe it has no jurisdiction, I deem it in}- duty to record my dissent. In the court below the Morrisdale Coal Company -brought suit against the Pennsylvania Rail*946road. The railroad was an interstate carrier, and the plaintiff coal company required cars for interstate coal shipments. The Pennsylvania Railroad furnished coal cars to different coal regions, over its system, one of which was the Clearfield region, in which plaintiff’s mines were located. Plaintiff” alleges the railroad…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Board of Trade v. Hammond Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Davis v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. JahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Mexican Central Railway Co. v. EckmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Blythe v. HinckleySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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