American Express Co. v. Fox
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY Appeal from the Chancery Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Francis Fentress, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
Sam Pox, a citizen of Shelby county, Tenn., brought a suit for $20,000 damages- for personal injuries in a circuit court of that county, against the American Express Company, a New York corporation or joint stock company, having an office and place of business in Shelby county, Tenn. The accident happened in Shelby county. This suit was removed to the district court of the United States at Memphis on petition of the American Express Company. Before trial in the federal court, Pox took a nonsuit.
Three months later, Pox began a new action on account of the same matters in the circuit court of…
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