Legal Opinion

Hocking Valley R. v. New York Coal Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 6, 1914No. 2453PublishedCited by 22 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio; John E. Sater, Judge. Action by the New York Coal Company against the Hocking Valley Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

The New York Coal Company sued the Hocking Valley Railroad Company to recover damages for the withholding from January 12, 1903, to November 29, 1904, of certain switching connections between plaintiff’s mine and the Snow Fork branch of defendant’s road, in Hocking county, Ohio. Defendant demurred on the ground that the action was barred by the statutes of lim*729itation, and that the petition stated no cause of action. The demurrer was overruled, defendant answered, its pleas of the statutes of limitation were demurred to, and demurrer sustained. On trial, plaintiff…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. United States Ex Rel. Attorney General of the United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. Interstate Commerce Commission v. BrimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. Co. v. Norwich Pharmacal Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
  2. Connelly v. BalkwillDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1959
  3. McAuliffe v. Western States Import Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Cannon v. MillerWashington Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Lorenzetti v. American Trust Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1942

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