Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Southern Ry. System
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 23, 1946No. 9062-9064PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.
Appellants brought civil actions in the District Court for damages for breach of contract and violation of their rights as interstate passengers on the appellee company’s railroad. The cases were consolidated for trial, trial was had before a jury, and the verdict was for the company.
Appellants bought tickets in Philadelphia for passage on appellee’s railroad to Greensboro, North Carolina; these tickets included through seat reservations for spec*610ified seats in specified cars. They boarded the train at Philadelphia and occupied the designated seats: At Alexandria,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Morgan v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Gillingham v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
- Duggan v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Texas Midland Railroad v. DeanTexas Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Henderson v. Interstate Commerce CommissionDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1948
- Florence Blaize Ephraim v. Safeway Trails, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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