Legal Opinion
Pullman Co. v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 16, 1939No. 210PublishedCited by 701 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The question is whether petitioner, the Pullman Company, was entitled to remove this cause to the federal court. The Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing the District Court, ordered remand (96 F. 2d 405) and because of conflict in the ground of its ruling with decisions of this Court, we granted certiorari.
Respondent, Mrs. Jenkins, and her son Robert W. Jenkins, by Mrs. Jenkins as guardian ad litem, brought this action on September 27, Í935, in the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, California, to recover damages for injuries causing the death of her husband. He was *536employed by the…
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