Jacobson v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota
Action by Henry P. Jacobson against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company and another. On motion to remand case to state court.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLARD, District Judge.
Prior to the case of Alabama Great Southern Railway Company v. Thompson, 200 U. S. 206, 26 Sup. Ct. 161, 50 L. Ed. 441, or at least prior to the case of Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Dixon, 179 U. S. 131, 21 Sup. Ct. 67, 45 L. Ed. 121, the Circuit Courts, when considering motions to remand to the state courts, had been in the habit of deciding for themselves whether the negligent act of the servant in which the master personally took no part created a joint liability or a separate one. The decisions upon this point were not uniform. It was said in the Dixon Case that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Illinois Central Railroad v. SheegogSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
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- Morris v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- Dowell v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Broadway Coal Mining Co. v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
- Clark v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1912
- Armstrong v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Arkansas · 1911
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