Great Western Coal Co. v. Chicago G. W. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United Stales for the Western District of Missouri.
1Opinion of the Court
THAYER, Circuit Judge.
The general question which, arises upon this record is whether the trial court committed an error in compelling the Great Western Coal Company, the plaintiff below and the plaintiff in error here, to elect, in advance of the trial, upon which one of two causes of action stated in its petition it would proceed to trial. The motion to compel an (‘lection, which was made in behalf of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company, the defendant below and the defendant in error here, was sustained, notwithstanding an objection which was duly interposed by the plaintiff company.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Harkness v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Nelson v. BrodhackSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
- Brownell v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
- Lancaster v. Connecticut Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Owens v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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- Williamson v. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- F. E. Atteaux & Co. v. Pancreon Mfg. Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1927
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