Legal Opinion
Robert Livingston Pomeroy, Estate of Elizabeth Eagan Pomeroy v. Pennsylvania Railroad, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 18, 1955No. 12104_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
Sixty-nine year old Mrs. Pomeroy and her husband were passengers on a Pennsylvania Railroad train en route from Trenton, New Jersey, to Washington, D. C. About five minutes before the train reached the station in Washington, she told her husband that she felt warm and was going to the vestibule of the car to get some air. She walked toward the rear of the car and was never again seen alive. Later, her body was found on the tracks about 2% miles from the station.
'Her executor brought this suit for wrongful death. The complaint alleged the ownership, operation and control…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Best v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Washburn v. R. F. Owens Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Washington Loan & Trust Co. v. HickeyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Smith v. Pennsylvania Central Airlines CorporationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1948
- Anderson v. Missouri State Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Helen Hanna, Cicero Hanna v. Annie C. Fletcher, Trustee of Estate of Florence Johnson, Benjamin F. Fletcher, and Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Robert Livingston Pomeroy, of the Estate of Elizabeth Eagan PomeroyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Powers v. CoatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
- Levy v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- Lindsey v. DC Transit CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
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