Cornette v. Baltimore & O. R.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Action by Ernest Cornette and wife against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, Ernest Cornette, in his own right, and Jennie Cornette, his wife, in her own right, citizens of Pennsylvania, brought suit and recovered a verdict against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a citizen of Maryland, for damages for personal injuries sustained by the wife while a passenger on such road. Subsequently, on defendant’s motion, a judgment non obstante veredicto was entered in its favor. Thereupon plaintiffs sued out this writ and assigned for error the entry of such judgment.
The case involves two questions: First, the right of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Coughran v. GutcheusIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- Fries-Breslin Co. v. BergenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1909
- Smith v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1910
- McCord v. Baltimore & O. R.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
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