Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Gavin
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM' SHELBY. Appeal in error from Circuit ■ Court of Shelby County. L. H. Estes, J.
1Opinion of the Court
*54McAlisteR, J.
The object of this suit is to recover the sum of $150 alleged to have been stolen from M: Gavin while a passenger on a Pullman palace car.
It appears from the record that on the night of the third of August,' 1889, M. Gavin, with his immediate family and a few friends, left Memphis for a summer excursion. Among the party was Miss Kelly; and just before the train started, at 10 o’clock, Mrs. Kelly, the mother of Miss Kelly, who had accompanied her to the cars, handed to Gavin, across the aisle, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, to be used in defraying the expenses of her…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Curtis v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Matthews.Texas Supreme Court · 1889
- Dexter v. Syracuse, Binghamton & New York RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
3Cited by11 opinions
- Pullman Co. v. StrangCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
- Pinkus v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1916
- McClellan v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Dickson v. BlackerTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
- McClellan v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1938
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