Legal Opinion

Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. Dubois Electric Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 1, 1920No. 300PublishedCited by 9 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes

This is an action begun by Pancoast, to recover for personal injuries, and continued after his death by the petitioner as ancillary administrator. At a former trial the plaintiff had a verdict but it was set aside and a new trial ordered by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 238 Fed. Rep. 129, 132. 151 C. C. A. 205. At the new trial the plaintiff again got a verdict and judgment, but the Circuit Court of Appeals set them aside,, this time simply reversing the judgment without ordering a new trial. 253 Fed. Rep. 987. An opportunity was allowed to that Court to correct the error and as it was not…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Slocum v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Swords v. . EdgarNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  5. Myers v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Illinois Power & Light Corporation v. HurleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  2. Scalise v. F. M. Venzie Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Williams v. . Stores Co., Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  4. Pastorelli v. Associated Engineers, Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1959
  5. Coulter v. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1922

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