Atchison, T. & S. F. RY. CO. v. Gilliland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California. Action by Alice M. Gilliland against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Eé Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the defendant in error, plaintiff in the court below, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California, Southern Division, to recover damages in the sum of $15,000 for alleged injuries sustained by the defendant in error while riding as a passenger on one of the cars belonging to the plaintiff in error, which, as alleged, by reason of the negligence of the plaintiff in error was derailed, and the defendant in error injured. The complaint did not state any jurisdictional fact, except the amount in controversy,…
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